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[00:39:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snow [1601] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:39] <exec> 08└─Don't feel guilty about taking advantage of Costco! That's the most ridiculous thing I have heard! Taking advantage of Costco should warm the cockles of your heart.
[00:39:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:40] <exec> 08└─If you have a problem using or storing vegetables, get a pressure canner. You can process them and store them at room temperature.
[00:39:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:42] <exec> 08└─After 10 years unopened, mine turned brown. I called Heinz and they said it was still edible.
[00:39:44] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03vux984 [5045] 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 343 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:44] <exec> 08└─A few weeks ago my wife asked me to pick up some corn starch for our cabin (where everything has to come across by boat, there are just two of us, and we are only here for 3 months) and a tiny 8 ounce container (all that we needed) was $2.99. A 16 ounce container was $3.29. That’s just not fair to...
[00:39:46] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03Fluffeh [954] 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 159 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:47] <exec> 08└─Quite frankly, a whole heap of this article doesn't make logical sense at all. you don’t need 36 rolls of toilet paper because you live alone and only need 6
[00:39:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:49] <exec> 08└─You would think treehugger would understand that less packaging means less environmental impact.
[00:39:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 8 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:51] <exec> 08└─Lettuce.
[00:39:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 622 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:53] <exec> 08└─The guy is correct about our car-based infrastructure being subsidized by all the people who don't have cars or use them much, however his whole diatribe against bulk pricing is just stupid and completely ignorant of basic economics. Small quantities of things incur more overhead, and every transact...
[00:40:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06NASA Finds a Pitch-Black Hot Jupiter Exoplanet - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:04] <exec> 08└─And because they were wrong about this, all science, everywhere, is wrong also right? Climate change is a hoax, in particular, riiiiight? Fuck, you're lazy. Say it if that's what you mean.
[00:40:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03dbe [1422] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Testing Radio Propagation With a Baofeng UV-82 and APRS - 828 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:40:59] <exec> 08└─Thanks for answering, I searched a bit and I do not have a VOX function on the FT-60 also that delay is kind of a killer if you want to do any kind of packet exchange. Thinking about it, the easiest solution would be to probably use the second output stereo channel for PPT, you do not want to have t...
[00:41:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Testing Radio Propagation With a Baofeng UV-82 and APRS - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:41:00] <exec> 08└─Do you recommend the UV-82 NCommander used? I just received my technician license in order to fly FPV drones, but figure I should buy a cheap radio now that I'm a member of the club. Unfortunately on the low end it is hard to find unbiased reviews.
[00:41:39] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03c0lo [156] 02 - 06CVS Limits Opioid Prescriptions - 183 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:41:39] <exec> 08└─For opioids you already need a medical professional to write you a prescription, now they have to have the pharmacy and insurance in the mix to make it harder to get medical supplies.
[00:42:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CVS Limits Opioid Prescriptions - 400 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:22] <exec> 08└─How about a comparison with something I think we can agree was a serious epidemic, namely AIDS? AIDS has killed roughly 660,000 Americans since it was first encountered in 1981, or about 18,400 people a year on average. Heroin overdose killed about 3.5 times that last year. So yes, I don't think the...
[00:42:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CVS Limits Opioid Prescriptions - 671 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:23] <exec> 08└─You do realize that before the FDA, it was common for the precursors to modern pharmaceuticals ("patent remedies"), to include opiates and other addictive substances, right? And that there was absolutely no guarantee that what is in the bottle bears any relationship at all with the label on it? Heck...
[00:43:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ichidan Is a Shodan-Like Search Engine for the Dark Web - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:43:07] <exec> 08└─It's cheap (free if you're not fussy about getting a memorable name) but it only works for visitors who have Tor.
[00:46:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Effective Collaboration: You Don't Need Superstar Developers - 646 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:46:36] <exec> 08└─A complex task may require skills that are more likely to show up in a team. Using a team over a single incurs a communications cost which may negate the advantage of putting multiple, equally skilled folks on board. So which wins? The team wins if you are not counting the cost of effort put into th...
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[01:39:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03BK [4868] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Intel Launches 8th-Gen Core Desktop Chips; Claims New Core i7-8700K is its Best Gaming Chip Ever - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:14] <exec> 08└─If only good games were still being made...
[01:39:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Intel Launches 8th-Gen Core Desktop Chips; Claims New Core i7-8700K is its Best Gaming Chip Ever - 13 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:15] <exec> 08└─...for Linux.
[01:39:25] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03krishnoid [1156] 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 19 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:25] <exec> 08└─Bettridge thwarted!
[01:39:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 353 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:48] <exec> 08└─Thing is, we all subsidize things we don't use. It's called society. If childless taxpayers were exempt from property tax, schools would go broke. If gasoline tax monies didn't help pay for chronically unprofitable public transit, the subways would stop. Articles like this seem meant to inspire clas...
[01:39:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:50] <exec> 08└─Why do most stores only sell Vaseline in big honking jars? I don't need that much. Is it a gimmick to get us to pay more, or are people doing something odd and massive with Vaseline that I don't know about? #IdontGettit
[01:39:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:52] <exec> 08└─Has the absolute rudest shoppers of them all. But I guess it's better than the floor show at Walmart.
[01:39:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:54] <exec> 08└─I just use the gift card trick for those bulk stores. If someone gets you a gift card, they will let you into the store. You can get whatever you want and pay the remainder of your bill in cash, card, etc. The secret is to make sure one of your items is a gift card....
[01:39:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pslytely Psycho [1218] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:56] <exec> 08└─Never had a baby or a girlfriend I see.
[01:39:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:59] <exec> 08└─I call it Sriracha sauce! ;)
[01:41:33] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06CVS Limits Opioid Prescriptions - 180 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:41:33] <exec> 08└─The morality police? The supposed epidemic? If 64,000 Americans died in terrorist attacks over the last year, all of the sand in the Middle East would already be radioactive glass.
[01:41:51] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03HiThere [866] 02 - 06CVS Limits Opioid Prescriptions - 2771 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:41:51] <exec> 08└─The problem is that opioids are habituating, i.e. not only do you get addicted, but the amount you need to take for a certain amount of relief keeps increasing. So does your tolerance, but more slowly. So for serious pain you "soon" get to the point where you can't relieve the pain without killing y...
[01:42:07] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06CVS Limits Opioid Prescriptions - 179 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:42:07] <exec> 08└─That said, there don't seem to be any good choices for severe chronic pain. Certainly none that are legal, and the ones that are illegal are generally illegal to even investigate.
[01:42:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CVS Limits Opioid Prescriptions - 1005 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:42:26] <exec> 08└─Individual liberty is a great theory, but when taken to the extreme it doesn't work out so well in practice. Mostly because people don't bother properly informing themselves before making decisions (see: Anti-Vaxxers). In any case, this isn't about individual liberty - this is about the free market....
[01:42:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CVS Limits Opioid Prescriptions - 244 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:42:28] <exec> 08└─You're assuming that Thexalon's friends were still in pain when they finished their opioid prescriptions. Nothing he said suggests that's the case. More likely (and here's where I make assumptions!) they were simply hooked on an addictive drug.
[01:48:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Walmart Wants to Deliver Groceries Directly Into Your Fridge - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:48:26] <exec> 08└─Stock in the Bible - because Christianity influenced almost all of the English Common Law, upon which our own laws are based. Think about it.
[01:49:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03urza9814 [3954] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tech's Push to Teach Coding Isn't About Kids' Success - It's About Cutting Wages - 310 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:49:22] <exec> 08└─Society doesn't *need* many accountants, but everyone at school is taught arithmetic. Learning to program is a life skill. At the very least it partly demystifies the Magical Self Thinking Internet Machines for the masses even if they don't get any further than changing Hello World to printing out r...
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[02:39:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:19] <exec> 08└─The people who buy stuff like Trix don't care about natural vs. artificial ingredients, and don't think about stuff like how healthy their cereal is. The people who do worry about that aren't buying high-sugar cereals like Trix.
[02:39:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 270 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:20] <exec> 08└─There are lots of different food dyes. Food coloring has been around long before petroleum sources were used. Not much evidence it was any better or worse for you back then, but it was available. Is there any low sugar cereal that tastes better than the box it comes in?
[02:39:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:22] <exec> 08└─The Firefly series poked fun at mankind's fascination with things that shine, several times. In this case, we prefer poison cereal to non-poison cereal because, "Oooh, SHINEY!"
[02:39:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:25] <exec> 08└─Made from bugs! http://www.huffingtonpost.com [huffingtonpost.com]
[02:39:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03srobert [4803] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:27] <exec> 08└─Silly human, natural flavors and colors are for rabbits.
[02:39:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03stretch611 [6199] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 656 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:29] <exec> 08└─Just make sure that you know which cereals are actually low in sugar. It goes against common sense... when you actually look at the labels nearly all generic and brand name raisin bran have twice the sugar per serving than the majority of "sugar" cereals. No joke... I do actually look at the nutriti...
[02:39:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 307 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:31] <exec> 08└─Seriously, brown rice porridge with chicken or whatever else you want in it keeps you full way longer than this sugary crap. Much healthier for you too, *and* you control what goes in. If your cooker has a timer, it's even easier: dump stuff in at night, set the timer, wake up, shower, dress, nom, a...
[02:39:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 252 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:34] <exec> 08└─"Scientifically Formulated" was a big selling point for food - in the early 1900s. You can do your own research, here's one of the first samples Google returned to me: https://i.pinimg.com [pinimg.com]
[02:39:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:36] <exec> 08└─Several generations were raised on colorful, sugary breakfast cereals - the kind that turn your milk into a rainbow... Even if it was as bad for you as smoking tobacco, do you think people want to give up their habits?
[02:39:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03BK [4868] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Intel Launches 8th-Gen Core Desktop Chips; Claims New Core i7-8700K is its Best Gaming Chip Ever - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:46] <exec> 08└─I said still. I can't remember a golden age of gaming for Linux. Just saying.
[02:39:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Intel Launches 8th-Gen Core Desktop Chips; Claims New Core i7-8700K is its Best Gaming Chip Ever - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:49] <exec> 08└─Shouldn't this story be about the Core i9 https://www.pcworld.com [pcworld.com]
[02:39:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Intel Launches 8th-Gen Core Desktop Chips; Claims New Core i7-8700K is its Best Gaming Chip Ever - 1061 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:51] <exec> 08└─The Core i9 lineup is Skylake based (Skylake-X, the X refers to enthusiast chips). Intel typically releases expensive high-core-count enthusiast chips on an older architecture than what is available for normal desktops and laptops. The normal/mainstream segments make more revenue and the architectur...
[02:39:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Intel Launches 8th-Gen Core Desktop Chips; Claims New Core i7-8700K is its Best Gaming Chip Ever - 818 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:53] <exec> 08└─You can't just drop in a Coffee Lake 6-core on any LGA 1151 motherboard: https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] LGA 1151 will be the first Intel mainstream socket to support more than 4 cores, but the 6-core Coffee Lake CPUs cannot be used with an "old" LGA 1151 socket (on 100- and 2...
[02:39:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Intel Launches 8th-Gen Core Desktop Chips; Claims New Core i7-8700K is its Best Gaming Chip Ever - 506 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:55] <exec> 08└─The SteamOS push seemed to have helped improve Linux gaming performance and get more Linux-compatible titles out, but the OS seems to have run out of... steam. https://www.linuxjournal.com [linuxjournal.com] https://www.reddit.com
[02:40:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 1425 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:34] <exec> 08└─Buying in bulk has always been cheaper. The reasons are packaging and handling, which several posters have already explained. This guy is a victim of a couple generations of crappy education in economics. His parents, and grandparents, and maybe his great-grandparents had access to CONVENIENCE packa...
[02:40:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03number11 [1170] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:36] <exec> 08└─If gasoline tax monies didn't help pay for chronically unprofitable public transit, the subways would stop.
[02:40:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03goodie [1877] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 3345 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:38] <exec> 08└─Alright, I did not RTFA and I don't care to after looking at the comments so this comment probably digresses off topic. To me, arguments about toilet paper etc. make no sense because those products have virtually no expiry dates. If you have the space and the will, do whatever the hell you want (ok...
[02:40:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:40] <exec> 08└─I don't know about you, but I don't change my use of toilet paper if there is a whole stack of it in the corner of the bathroom
[02:40:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:42] <exec> 08└─Maybe he should worry more about the vast amount of money Walmart gets from taxpayers instead of paying their workers properly. [msnbc.com]
[02:40:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:45] <exec> 08└─Anything can be done badly.
[02:40:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 337 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:47] <exec> 08└─Roads are a huge net benefit. Better logistics means that the whole of society benefits. Now, we could argue about the relative merits of different forms of transport - horses for courses, after all - but roads would make everybody's life better even if there weren't purpose-directed taxes supportin...
[02:40:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 464 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:49] <exec> 08└─For me, the most remarkable thing about this story is not its cluelessness or delusion, but a complete lack of agency. Big box stores are unfair to the poor, people without cars, etc and we should... If you believe that we have to reduce our dependence on the car, then really, there are some fundame...
[02:40:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:52] <exec> 08└─How do you think meatballs stay together, magic?
[02:40:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:54] <exec> 08└─I don't want to end the author's way of life in a crowded, expensive urban area. Why is he trying to end mine in the burbs? Fascist! Let people have choices and let them live their lives in peace.
[02:41:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03a262 [6671] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Testing Radio Propagation With a Baofeng UV-82 and APRS - 945 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:41:59] <exec> 08└─Hanging a 2M J-Pole in the juniper tree outside my basement window while my dad was out at work so I could hit the local 'net from the bottom of the river canyon we lived in. It lasted about two months until the father made me tear it down. Apparently he though there was a small chance of water ingr...
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[02:43:25] <exec> 08└─My father-in-law was a Pharmacist. On many occasions he saved a patient's life by noticing that a doctor had prescribed a drug that was deadly when combined with something else that the patient was already on. After he semi-retired, he took up a part time job reviewing patient drug profiles. The aim...
[02:49:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Walmart Wants to Deliver Groceries Directly Into Your Fridge - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:49:24] <exec> 08└─Have you read the Bill of Rights recently? Compare that with the 10 Commandments and get back to me.
[02:49:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Walmart Wants to Deliver Groceries Directly Into Your Fridge - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:49:26] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I've read the bill of rights a time or more. Now, try acting like you're fucking LITERATE. I said that Christianity INFLUENCED our laws.
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[03:39:12] <exec> 08└─This burrito is ... ALL HAIL HYPNOTOAD
[03:39:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 1294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:29] <exec> 08└─Not true. Perhaps you forgot to check the number of grams in the serving size? Once you normalize Post, General Mills, or Kellogg's Raisin Bran to a 27-32g serving size, it has about the same amount or a little less of sugar and calories as the sugar cereals. Not twice as much. If you divide the sug...
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[03:39:30] <exec> 08└─Bob's Red Mill muesli http://www.bobsredmill.com [bobsredmill.com] Similar to Swiss Muesli. Comes in a plastic bag, no cardboard box comparisons... Much less sugar than cereals you mentioned, personally I find too much sugar cloying. Nutr...
[03:39:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 367 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:32] <exec> 08└─Boy aint that the truth. If I eat cold cereal I will have the shakes by noon. Don't like all the carbs in brown rice, try Crushed whole oats and little milk, something with some protein, maybe some actual fresh fruit and something with some protein. Not even a lot of protein, just make sure you incl...
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[03:39:35] <exec> 08└─Grape-Nuts Original (Post) Serving 58g / 35g Calories 210 / 126.8 Calories from Fat 10 / 6 Fiber 7g / 4.2g Protein 6g / 3.6g Sugars 5g / 3.0g Carbs 47g / 28.4g That's Grape-Nuts brought down to 35g serving size. Pretty comparable although I don't know about the taste. Grape-Nuts has been fortified m...
[03:39:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 320 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:37] <exec> 08└─Raisin bran is a denser cereal than Trix while servings are measured by volume. A cup of GM raisin bran is 59 g as opposed to 32 g for GM Trix. That right there explains most of the difference in carbs per serving. I can see the concern however in denser foods since one would tend to eat more of it...
[03:39:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:39] <exec> 08└─What I like about Bob's Red Mill is that they have gotten some relatively niche products into mainstream supermarkets, like their flours [bobsredmill.com]. Probably helped by the gluten-free craze.
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[03:39:53] <exec> 08└─We got Descent ]I[ one time. And Return to Castle Wolfenstein.
[03:40:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 2065 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:40:42] <exec> 08└─>It's 30 cents more because that's what the market will bear. Packaging and logistics be damned, pricing is about what people will pay, and buyers of anything in a grocery store will pretty much pay $3 for pretty much anything. Same deal for grape jelly, it's a great lesson for my son who's just sta...
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[03:40:53] <exec> 08└─Another fine example of scientists being wrong, and apparently they had confidence in their wrongness.
[03:41:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Testing Radio Propagation With a Baofeng UV-82 and APRS - 435 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:41:51] <exec> 08└─> The old man would find any excuse to break my dreams. That really does sound bad, my condolences. Just the opposite here, I fooled with a crystal radio kit before age 10 and then the house had an extra room put on. I was able to spec a dedicated earth/ground wire, which was routed inside the wall...
[03:42:37] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] 02 - 06CVS Limits Opioid Prescriptions - 897 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:42:37] <exec> 08└─Don't have the pharmacy question doctors; Why shouldn't they question doctors? According to what I've read, doctors routinely prescribe drugs that will kill patients through interactions, because the doctors are negligent in checking for these. Are you saying that pharmacists shouldn't check to make...
[03:46:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Megaherbivorous Dinosaurs Were Not Strict Vegetarians - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:46:19] <exec> 08└─No, what we're saying is that the dinosaur gods were quite similar to human gods. Both agree that seafood doesn't count as meat.
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[04:39:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ancient Frog Could Have Eaten Small Dinosaurs - 1142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:39:21] <exec> 08└─Now, how did they actually capture the prey? How close did it have to be? One article says If it shared the aggressive temperament and "sit-and-wait" ambush tactics of [present-day] horned toads Another says These largely terrestrial frogs may have been as ill-tempered and aggressive as their living...
[04:39:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ancient Frog Could Have Eaten Small Dinosaurs - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:39:23] <exec> 08└─Not the answers you were asking for, but I thought it interesting: The frog tongue is a high-speed adhesive [theconversation.com]
[04:39:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 1112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:39:45] <exec> 08└─Oats are probably better for most people who want a breakfast cereal. Less arsenic than brown rice (especially US), lower gluten than wheat. Low GI, high protein cheaper and about as good as those hipster stuff like quinoa- and the difference goes away if you're going to have chicken or fish with it...
[04:39:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:39:47] <exec> 08└─Oatmeal is kind of messy and takes a long time in my rice cooker so I just make it on the stove. Now thinking about the possibilities of a chicken flavored breakfast cereal.
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[04:39:49] <exec> 08└─Crack an egg or two in the oat porridge. A bit of sesame oil, pepper and shoyu to taste.
[04:39:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:39:51] <exec> 08└─Definitely. Honeycomb with its puffed up and holey shape is 33g in 1.25 cups [postconsumerbrands.com]. Kix has 30g in 1.25 cups [generalmills.com]. Man, Kix has only 3 grams of sugar per serving? I remember it tasting pretty good for that level of sugar.
[04:40:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:40:55] <exec> 08└─Maybe he should worry more about the vast amount of money Walmart gets from taxpayers instead of paying their workers properly.
[04:40:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 307 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:40:57] <exec> 08└─I too was concerned about what dreadful penalty would be levied against us for the heinous act of buying in bulk. Would it be a complete ban on large containers? Higher taxes? Execution by 36 rolls of toilet paper in the parking lot? No, it is worse than that. He will feel smug. We have been out-hip...
[04:40:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03qzm [3260] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 610 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:40:59] <exec> 08└─Really? No. Not even close. But perhaps you would like to compare it to the fraction of the cost of cyclist infrastructure paid for by cyclists. After all, that would be a big fat zero, wouldn't it. The vehicle infrastructure is well proven to return a high net gain to an economy. As to the rest of...
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[04:41:01] <exec> 08└─If you guys are really into jams and jellies, I'd recommend getting a good supply of cans, a big ole pot and make them yourself. You can get fruit by the pound at insane deals at the right time of season, even in regular grocery stores. The nice thing is that you can get plenty of variety in both th...
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[05:39:21] <exec> 08└─Modern frogs eat dinosaurs. https://xkcd.com [xkcd.com] Here is a video of a frog eating a dinosaur: https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[05:39:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ancient Frog Could Have Eaten Small Dinosaurs - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:39:23] <exec> 08└─So this is how TMB catches fish? When he is not busy objecting to submissions by aristarchus, who in fact is something of a dinosaur.
[05:39:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 873 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:39:50] <exec> 08└─So what? there's sugar, but not much, in the flakes. Needed to help bind the flour to make the flakes. There's definitely sugar in the raisins. LOTS of sugar. Inherent sugar. There are no low- or sugar-free raisins. There is really no effective difference between sugars from dried fruits vs good ol'...
[05:39:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 608 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:39:51] <exec> 08└─Food Coloring [google.com] Very affordable and a little goes a long way. ...and I can get sugar in a bag for 40c/lb these days. ...and buying your grain with as little processing done to it as possible makes it much more affordable. My major gripe isn't even the lousy nutrition of dry cereals. It's...
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[05:39:53] <exec> 08└─"For Sale By Delears Everywhere" Who knew that there were S/N-quality spellers in 1912? -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[05:39:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 396 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:39:55] <exec> 08└─I find if I just pour hot water over oatmeal, coffeemaker style, its just right. Put the bowl with some dry oatmeal where the cup goes, cycle the coffeemaker, sans pod, and let 'er rip. After a while, you determine how much oatmeal to put under there to have it come to the consistency you like. Over...
[05:41:37] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Hidden 2015 European Commission Report on Copyright Infringement - 199 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:41:37] <exec> 08└─The real purpose of DRM is not to protect copyrighted content from copyright infringement, but to make it harder for you to watch small media by forcing you into locked down platforms and ecosystems.
[05:43:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06CVS Limits Opioid Prescriptions - 654 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:43:37] <exec> 08└─One of my best friends is a pharmacist and my wife is a tech. After hearing first hand about the shit some of these doctors do because they are inept, I am really glad we have people that actually know interactions >doc perscribes eye drops for ear infection >doc perscribes too little antibiotic and...
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[05:43:39] <exec> 08└─.. beer?
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[06:39:16] <exec> 08└─Is it safe?
[06:39:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Automated Robot Installs Dental Implant - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:39:17] <exec> 08└─Is it safe?
[06:39:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ancient Frog Could Have Eaten Small Dinosaurs - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:39:29] <exec> 08└─by aristarchus, who in fact is something of a dinosaur.
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[06:40:00] <exec> 08└─The big dry goods chain in the early 1900s was named Delears.
[06:40:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03steveha [4100] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 586 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:40:02] <exec> 08└─Man, Kix has only 3 grams of sugar per serving? I remember it tasting pretty good for that level of sugar. I remember a bunch of years ago they announced that they had reduced the amount of sugar in Kix while keeping it tasty. IIRC they said they were more or less spraying the sugar on the outside o...
[06:40:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Funny) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:40:04] <exec> 08└─You would eat it if it was handed to you.
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[06:41:23] <exec> 08└─TMB:"I am your Father! khallow. No, seriously, without me, you would not exist! Hey, come back here, you ungrateful little. . . . BLANG!!! Poor khallow, shot in the back! Oh, the tragedy! The Pathos! The fall in the stock market!
[06:41:39] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Hidden 2015 European Commission Report on Copyright Infringement - 164 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:41:39] <exec> 08└─The study didn't reach the desired conclusion, so it will be hidden, a new study will be conducted, and the party that conducted this study will not be hired again.
[06:41:56] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03frojack [1554] 02 - 06Hidden 2015 European Commission Report on Copyright Infringement - 214 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:41:56] <exec> 08└─Those who obtain your (as in 'big distributor co.') content on the pirate market will never become paying customers, instead they will simply do without the content if they can not acquire it via the pirate market.
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[07:39:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 1115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:39:16] <exec> 08└─TFA proposes rocket launches from Moon as a profitable proposition build the rockets there from basalt. Heavier than the thin tin used in the nowadays satellites, but the grav well is so much shallower. Now, I suppose that, assuming enough energy available, the magnesium (5-12%), aluminium (about 15...
[07:39:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Automated Robot Installs Dental Implant - 1068 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:39:25] <exec> 08└─Like LASIK, we will know after many people have done this, and the prediction_correction filters have run for a while. My initial thoughts though, is that this technology is a game-changer. Dental machine tools can be made to fit into things like human mouths without trying to insert the whole hand...
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[07:41:19] <exec> 08└─I'm starting to think the Betteridge "meme" is done. It seems like people here and on the other site have now cottoned on and are deliberately submitting stories with the title posed to provoke a default opinion that runs counter to Betteridge.
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[08:39:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Scientists Create Buoyant Aluminum - 2329 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:39:11] <exec> 08└─The only thing better than "Transparent Aluminium", with whales. But speaking of whales, has anyone seen the White Whale? You all know of the one of which I speak! "Queequeg," said I, "let's go; this fellow has broken loose from somewhere; he's talking about something and somebody we don't know." "S...
[08:39:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Scientists Create Buoyant Aluminum - 421 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:39:13] <exec> 08└─To be accurate, TFT should read: "Scientists Compute Buoyant Aluminum". The abstract of TO(riginal)FA in the J. Phys. Chem. [acs.org] states: A new metastable ultra-light crystalline form of aluminum has been computationally designed using density functional calculations with imposing periodic bound...
[08:39:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Create Buoyant Aluminum - 297 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:39:15] <exec> 08└─Transparent aluminium was sooooo last season: https://phys.org (However, that wasn't the first transparent metal, that dates back to at least 2009: https://phys.org )
[08:39:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03qzm [3260] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Create Buoyant Aluminum - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:39:17] <exec> 08└─That foamed Aluminium floats on water. As does Aluminium honeycomb. As of course does an Aluminium hull boat. Hell, we have inter-island barges with concrete hulls.. And yes, I know thats not QUITE what they mean, but it goes point out how stupid the headline is.
[08:39:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Create Buoyant Aluminum - 605 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:39:19] <exec> 08└─Exactly the same thoughts went through my head - these are way bigger holes in the lattice than typical metallic aluminium. I also wonder whether, even if the oxide layer is non-porous, whether the oxygen bonds perturb the lattice structure, thereby weakening it, and perhaps even causing it to bloom...
[08:39:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:39:28] <exec> 08└─Soon enough for me to be able to collect on the bet that I'm prepared to make that says it won't happen in that time frame.
[08:39:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 852 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:39:31] <exec> 08└─The moon is not a great place for residence. Seemingly unmentioned is the two week long nights or the cyclic extremes in temperature going from 400 degrees F during the day weeks to -330 F during the night weeks. And we haven't even gotten into gravity yet. The people who resided on the moon for any...
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[08:39:33] <exec> 08└─We'll almost certainly have people on established bases on the moon by 2030. I'd expect the Chinese will be the first to do it. As the article mentions, SpaceX has already publicly announced they plan to take a manned crew on a moon flyby next year. There's a big difference between a flyby and resid...
[08:40:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:40:27] <exec> 08└─so, basically, none of the breakfast cereals should be considered "good". http://www.businessinsider.com [businessinsider.com] https://www.cbsnews.com [cbsnews.com] US dentists should all be rich!
[08:40:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Intel Launches 8th-Gen Core Desktop Chips; Claims New Core i7-8700K is its Best Gaming Chip Ever - 301 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:40:42] <exec> 08└─The top-end mobile Intel chips still only support LPDDR3, which is limited to 16GB, or DDR4, 32GB of which consumes 12W idle and is therefore infeasible for laptops. My laptop is now 4 years old and RAM is the biggest limiting factor, yet Intel still hasn't made a chip that's an adequate replacement...
[08:41:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 139 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:41:26] <exec> 08└─Maybe he should worry more about the vast amount of money Walmart gets from taxpayers instead of paying their workers properly. [msnbc.com]
[08:41:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Finds a Pitch-Black Hot Jupiter Exoplanet - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:41:50] <exec> 08└─I'm also trying to imagine how science can progress without prior misconceptions being replaced by new conclusions. Clearly GPP finds that an unacceptable state of affairs.
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[09:39:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber Boss Dara Khosrowshahi Apologises after London Ban - 276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:39:06] <exec> 08└─What a non-apology. Will he apologize for actively trying to knock the bottom out of the taxi labor market? Will he apologize for trying to promote the low-pay and unstable gig economy globally? There are a lot of reasons to not use Uber [stallman.org]. Even better, ban them.
[09:39:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Create Buoyant Aluminum - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:39:18] <exec> 08└─But all that stuff sinks like a stone! A pumice stone, that is.
[09:39:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 1014 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:39:29] <exec> 08└─Astronauts can last over a year in microgravity without being physically unable to ever return to Earth. Like Valeri Polyakov [wikipedia.org]: Polyakov underwent medical assessments before, during, and after the flight. He also underwent two follow-up examinations six months after returning to Earth...
[09:39:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 573 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:39:31] <exec> 08└─I am certain there will be many volunteers willing to take a one way ticket to the moon. In 20 or 30 years, assuming the kids are independent and my wife will agree to come with, I will be willing to do it myself (I'm 34 now). I turned out alright even though my father died when I was 21, so I think...
[09:39:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:39:33] <exec> 08└─Maybe the grandkids can come visit. A retirement on the moon might be quite nice, since low gravity will help mitigate the arthritis and mobility issues of old age.
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[09:39:44] <exec> 08└─Whoosh!
[09:40:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 434 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:40:30] <exec> 08└─More recently too - margarine was pushed as a technological advancement over that squicky rancid animal-juice concentrate called butter. Then again, 7-up was advertised to (mothers of) nursing infants as a health drink. I'm pretty sure cigarettes were good for you too for quite a while. The first or...
[09:40:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:40:31] <exec> 08└─"Petroleum-sourced food dyes," it's what's for breakfast!
[09:40:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bill Evans [1094] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:40:33] <exec> 08└─[citation needed]
[09:41:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 971 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:41:43] <exec> 08└─Toilet paper is a good example if you're arguing that these things are biased against poor people. I've thought this for a while: I buy a lot of nonperishables in bulk (and have them delivered, because all of the supermarkets here do, so I don't need the expense of owning a car). Toilet paper is ver...
[09:41:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 306 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:41:44] <exec> 08└─If you're going to do that, you may as well just buy them canned in the first place, which is a lot cheaper, because the logistics are a lot easier for delivering them. Canning them yourself makes sense if you're growing them yourself, but not if you're buying them at the end of a long distribution...
[09:41:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:41:47] <exec> 08└─Likewise, veggies are useless to me. Who cares if I save 20% if I throw 50% of them into the trash?
[09:41:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:41:49] <exec> 08└─But perhaps you would like to compare it to the fraction of the cost of cyclist infrastructure paid for by cyclists. After all, that would be a big fat zero, wouldn't it.
[09:41:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 5540 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:41:51] <exec> 08└─Warning: This is a bit of a <RANT> Here's why we buy in bulk, or relative bulk: We buy things on sale, and as in-bulk as reasonably possible. Items are much less expensive sometimes; that's when we buy those things. We buy plenty. We save plenty. A lot of money. This applies to items ranging from to...
[09:42:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Imagination Technologies Acquired for $675 Million, MIPS to be Sold Off - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:42:11] <exec> 08└─I, too, was impressed, MDC! If only we had more Fine Articles like this, and fewer, or no, aristarchus submissions. (before you mod, see sig.)
[09:42:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Imagination Technologies Acquired for $675 Million, MIPS to be Sold Off - 1474 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:42:13] <exec> 08└─ImagTec tried to compete with ARM in the mobile market. They managed to get less than 1% of the Android market for a huge investment in toolchain, OS, and so on. This cost them a lot for no return and in their last annual statement to shareholders, they admitted that it was a terrible idea and they...
[09:43:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Testing Radio Propagation With a Baofeng UV-82 and APRS - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:43:05] <exec> 08└─Because CB operates in the 11 meter band (directly above the ham radio 10m band), it's a HF frequency and signals can be reflected by the atmosphere, allowing for hundreds thousands of miles of operation.
[09:43:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Testing Radio Propagation With a Baofeng UV-82 and APRS - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:43:07] <exec> 08└─This kind of article makes me wish I could mod the article up. Not just because I'm a ham - but because of the level of detail. That was a very good read, the kind of thing that is well worth encouraging regardless of subject matter.
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[10:39:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03fraxinus-tree [5590] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber Boss Dara Khosrowshahi Apologises after London Ban - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:17] <exec> 08└─Not that I say that Uber is any good, but if you insist that Uber is worse than your local taxi mafia, present some proof, please.
[10:39:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Uber Boss Dara Khosrowshahi Apologises after London Ban - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:18] <exec> 08└─Nope, the proof is on you to show that Uber is worse than the local taxi services in Western Europe, specifically in London. All I ever hear is people whining that the medallion system is unfair, which is a US-specific thing.
[10:39:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Create Buoyant Aluminum - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:32] <exec> 08└─Some lucky bastard is going to get the funding to play around with this and other experiments.
[10:39:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Scientists Create Buoyant Aluminum - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:33] <exec> 08└─"Blew up small containment vessel and laboratory. Conclusion: need more funding for larger laboratory and containment vessel."
[10:39:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Scientists Create Buoyant Aluminum - 585 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:35] <exec> 08└─This is obviously fake Russian propaganda meant to interfere in the US's democratic metallurgy process, and Julian Assange is clearly working behind the scenes on behalf of the FSB and GRU. I demand congressional hearings into this outrageous foreign corruption of our free smelting system by attempt...
[10:39:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Create Buoyant Aluminum - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:38] <exec> 08└─And it will happen if it shows potential for military applications.
[10:39:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Create Buoyant Aluminum - 399 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:40] <exec> 08└─All new, non-recyclable coke cans! Get em before they're too hot to handle! For the military, I can see it all depending on how controlled the (inevitable) state change will e this stuff could make a great alternative to compression ignition for bullets. - no hammer needed just something to penetrat...
[10:39:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 382 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:54] <exec> 08└─Reasonable. Viable. And entirely possible. All you need is someone willing to spend several tens of billions with that in mind and it's perfectly possible. Oh, and they'll probably never see a penny of it back. Like the situation has been since the late 60's, at least. We could have just spent more...
[10:39:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:55] <exec> 08└─When the water on Moon starts to become scarce, ...
[10:39:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:57] <exec> 08└─It would probably be extremely painful to not be able to hug grandkids,
[10:40:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Automated Robot Installs Dental Implant - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:40:08] <exec> 08└─Yes, but will our medical insurance premiums go down?
[10:40:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ancient Frog Could Have Eaten Small Dinosaurs - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:40:21] <exec> 08└─Go to the Soylent RSS bot [sylnt.us]. I get a lot of stories from there, as a one-stop shopping destination. Just stick to the science/tech headlines and you'll be alright.
[10:40:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 545 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:40:59] <exec> 08└─The carbohydrates in that aren't much better than the sugar ingested as such. Does the same thing to your blood sugar, with the same effects. Yes, if you're going to spike your blood sugar in the morning with carbohydrates, brown rice is a much better choice than cereal. Agree on the chicken. Prote...
[10:41:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:41:00] <exec> 08└─It simply implies that they haven't been tested on billions of people for hundreds of thousands of years, a test which when passed makes most people consider them safe for human consumption.
[10:41:46] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03takyon [881] 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 96 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:41:46] <exec> 08└─You would think treehugger would understand that less packaging means less environmental impact.
[10:42:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Finds a Pitch-Black Hot Jupiter Exoplanet - 899 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:42:30] <exec> 08└─I'm trying to imagine how somebody can have such a lack of confidence in "science" while TYPING ON THE FUCKING INTERNET. I mean seriously, how much of a brain-dead skin-breather do you have to be to sit there blithely dissing all of "science" using a miraculously complex and microscopically precise...
[10:42:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Imagination Technologies Acquired for $675 Million, MIPS to be Sold Off - 377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:42:40] <exec> 08└─About four years ago I remember strange things being afoot. About then I started to look for a new job and I got a few calls from recruiters telling me about this wonderful opportunity at Imagination Technologies who were buying MIPS and going to take on ARM. I tried very politely to explain why it...
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[11:39:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:39:09] <exec> 08└─Why when a muslim does it, it is considered a bad thing, but when a catholic does it, he's a fine upstanding member of the community, and a good proud american, standing up for family values, and democracy, and bald eagles?
[11:39:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber Boss Dara Khosrowshahi Apologises after London Ban - 1378 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:39:19] <exec> 08└─In the specific case of London and a few other UK cities that have similar setups there really isn't a "taxi mafia", and certainly not to the same level of the NYC medallion system, but are two types of ride hire; Hackney Cabs which can be hailed from the street and Private Hire cabs that you need t...
[11:39:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber Boss Dara Khosrowshahi Apologises after London Ban - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:39:21] <exec> 08└─The former are more expensive to hire and have a higher bar to entry as a driver ("The Knowledge") but that's really all there is to it
[11:39:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Scientists Create Buoyant Aluminum - 537 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:39:39] <exec> 08└─More space between metal atoms in crystal lattice means more hydrogen can be absorbed. Hopefully it won't make it even more explosive if exposed to oxygen ... Hmm, what happens if D-soaked light aluminum suddenly collapses? Will we have nuclear fusion? If yes, will we have deep sub-critical nuclear...
[11:39:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Create Buoyant Aluminum - 367 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:39:41] <exec> 08└─"Metastable" is basically "stable as long as you don't trigger it". Supercooled liquids can be happy to remain liquid a long way below freezing point, but smack them or introduce crystalisation sites, and they'll quite happily leave that state en masse. Super-saturated solutions too. And lasers (col...
[11:39:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:39:58] <exec> 08└─Humans don't belong on a giant asteroid. It would be infinitely easier to settle them in colonies on Antarctica--but why does nobody propose that? Oh, right, because it is POINTLESS.
[11:40:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Automated Robot Installs Dental Implant - 2514 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:40:11] <exec> 08└─My guess it will come out kinda a wash. The machine will likely set the dentist back over $250K. However, it should cut the time required to do a surgery substantially. But, the machine itself will take time to clean and prep. Not much, as the fittings should be removable for automated cleaning, ju...
[11:41:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 782 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:41:04] <exec> 08└─A long time ago... As Dave Barry pointed out in 1985 [miamiherald.com]: Dear Mister Language Person: I am curious about the expression, "Part of this complete breakfast." The way it comes up is, my 5-year-old will be watching TV cartoon shows in the morning, and they'll show a commercial for a child...
[11:42:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:42:20] <exec> 08└─You can make marmalade by zesting limes, lemons, and oranges, too. Gets extra mileage out of the citrus.
[11:42:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 477 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:42:21] <exec> 08└─Not quite true. Canning vegetables yourself preserves a lot more of the nutrition than buying canned vegetables because those are subject to much more intensive preservation. Also, canning makes sense with store-bought if you buy the vegetables in season when they're cheapest. It's also a factor if...
[11:42:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 371 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:42:23] <exec> 08└─Rail is a huge net benefit, but somehow we've moved away from those efficiencies to moving cargo around on the highways and roads. Moving cargo by water is a huge net benefit, but we've moved away from those efficiencies to moving cargo around on the highways and roads. Roads are a relatively ineffi...
[11:42:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:42:26] <exec> 08└─"a girlfriend I see" or a boyfriend, but I read they prefer Crisco.
[11:42:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 383 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:42:28] <exec> 08└─The election that resulted in Gianforte here in Montana recently is a prime example of this. The people picked a (very) rich person who has a long history of screwing them, and hard, over someone who was pretty much a regular guy and might very well have actually had their practical interests in min...
[11:42:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Finds a Pitch-Black Hot Jupiter Exoplanet - 365 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:42:42] <exec> 08└─Your slinking from "science" to "engineering" was a curious one, because the science that makes such engineering work is quantum mechanics, which, given that even Einstein found it hard to get his head around, could perhaps be considered the extremest of the hard sciences. (And I'm thinking not just...
[11:42:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Imagination Technologies Acquired for $675 Million, MIPS to be Sold Off - 2758 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:42:54] <exec> 08└─ImagTec really bungled MIPS. They failed to understand the value of a healthy ecosystem. Most MIPS products in the wild are based on R7K-derrived things - MIPS IV ISA. There are a huge number of these in routers and things, but MIPS IV is now over 20 years old and so out of patent (therefore you don...
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[12:39:28] <exec> 08└─Because they're weird brown people who worship a weird brown god. Plus all their people are squatting on top of our oil. If they were blue and worshiped a green flying naked mole rat we'd hate them just as much.
[12:39:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:39:30] <exec> 08└─Careful there, the Catholics can't be trusted either. Depending on where you are only a good protestant, and preferably Baptist can be trusted.
[12:39:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:39:32] <exec> 08└─Healthcare.
[12:39:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:39:34] <exec> 08└─Why is it that religious freedom in the US always involves screwing somebody over?
[12:39:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Uber Boss Dara Khosrowshahi Apologises after London Ban - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:39:46] <exec> 08└─Will he apologize for actively trying to knock the bottom out of the taxi labor market? Will he apologize for trying to promote the low-pay and unstable gig economy globally?
[12:39:55] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03c0lo [156] 02 - 06Scientists Create Buoyant Aluminum - 421 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:39:55] <exec> 08└─To be accurate, TFT should read: "Scientists Compute Buoyant Aluminum". The abstract of TO(riginal)FA in the J. Phys. Chem. [acs.org] states: A new metastable ultra-light crystalline form of aluminum has been computationally designed using density functional calculations with imposing periodic bound...
[12:40:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Create Buoyant Aluminum - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:40:07] <exec> 08└─And feminists.
[12:40:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Create Buoyant Aluminum - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:40:09] <exec> 08└─I wonder if the hole size is big enough to make an interesting filter. I wonder if a surface like that would have exciting catalytic properties.
[12:40:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Create Buoyant Aluminum - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:40:11] <exec> 08└─More space between metal atoms in crystal lattice means more hydrogen can be absorbed.
[12:40:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Create Buoyant Aluminum - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:40:13] <exec> 08└─Correction "which means 500keV 10keV stored by 8 atoms". The following computations uses the 10keV value though.
[12:40:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Scientists Create Buoyant Aluminum - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:40:15] <exec> 08└─E.g. I wonder what catalytic activity such a complex may show during the collapse.
[12:40:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:40:33] <exec> 08└─We'll almost certainly have people on established bases on the moon by 2030.
[12:40:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:40:35] <exec> 08└─The moon is not a great place for residence.
[12:40:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:40:37] <exec> 08└─Humans don't belong on a giant asteroid.
[12:40:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:40:39] <exec> 08└─Solar wind is almost completely protons.
[12:40:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:40:42] <exec> 08└─When the water on Moon starts to become scarce, take a trip to the asteroid belt and pick an icy one.
[12:40:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 346 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:40:44] <exec> 08└─My guess? Building an interplanetary ship from pieces will require more control than a simple dead ballistic trajectory would be able to offer. But you are right - slinging or catapulting pieces which can tune/brake/correct the trajectory/speed to reach the desired orbital coordinates/speed will dra...
[12:40:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:40:46] <exec> 08└─The moon is not a great place for residence.
[12:40:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:40:48] <exec> 08└─The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty [nsf.gov]
[12:43:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 700 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:43:15] <exec> 08└─Ikea's not wrong, here. Storage is the key. We get those mega packs of TP, paper towels, etc. We put in extra storage to contain it. We live in an apartment in Brooklyn, so we are supposedly people "who don't have room." Yet, we manage. I didn't pay extra for the storage, either. I built it using lu...
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[12:43:17] <exec> 08└─For example, I buy only a few items at Costco: organic olive oil (2 liter bottles, because I use quite a bit for cooking), toilet paper, paper towels, as well as a few other items (e.g., organic flour which they finally have in large bags at my location).
[12:43:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Finds a Pitch-Black Hot Jupiter Exoplanet - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:43:33] <exec> 08└─Just trying to ward off the pedants.
[12:44:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Testing Radio Propagation With a Baofeng UV-82 and APRS - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:44:40] <exec> 08└─is it properly checking for direct APRS packets,
[12:44:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03NCommander [2] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Testing Radio Propagation With a Baofeng UV-82 and APRS - 2043 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:44:42] <exec> 08└─The Baofengs work more or less on par with most HTs on transmit (though you might want a UV-82HP which gets you a bit more oophm). The problem is they don't have the greatest Rx frontend and can overload from interference. This is a problem for me since I can't use my Baofeng radios in the same room...
[12:44:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03NCommander [2] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Testing Radio Propagation With a Baofeng UV-82 and APRS - 491 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:44:44] <exec> 08└─If your license was still in good standing when it expired, you simply need to take the Element 2 test (Technician) to regain all your original privileges. Due to the great reshuffling of license classes, you may end up with higher privs, or lesser ones. The FCC database has all the historical licen...
[12:44:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03NCommander [2] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Testing Radio Propagation With a Baofeng UV-82 and APRS - 605 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:44:46] <exec> 08└─I'm starting to suspect the switchover problem is a problem on the phone side, and not the radio itself. The delay to transmit is pretty normal; most HTs seem to have it, but I think the phone holds the VOX circuit open longer than it should hence why I stomp on myself; a dedicated TNC might solve t...
[12:44:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03NCommander [2] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Testing Radio Propagation With a Baofeng UV-82 and APRS - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:44:48] <exec> 08└─I've only once ever heard a contact on 146.52 and wasn't able to establish two way communication to get a QSO :(
[12:46:08] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] 02 - 06CVS Limits Opioid Prescriptions - 447 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:46:08] <exec> 08└─I had a PCA device (Patient Controlled Analgesia) in hospital, after fairly major surgery, and it only worked a certain number of presses, after that it paged the nurse instead. I think it was something like 5 pushes per hour, after that the nurse would come to see me because I must be in extreme pa...
[12:46:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CVS Limits Opioid Prescriptions - 594 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:46:17] <exec> 08└─As already mentioned, git blame's nearest to what you want. I didn't like its verbosity (including lines I had no interest in), and found a few self-written scripts using it to suit my workflow better. One was a show/blame combo which would give me the blame context of a commit, which was very usefu...
[12:46:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CVS Limits Opioid Prescriptions - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:46:19] <exec> 08└─Never heard of the concept of measuring twice before cutting? Unless you value your health less than a plank of wood, why would you think that sanity-checks make things worse?
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[13:39:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:39:20] <exec> 08└─Five years from now: Massive rise in babies with special needs abandoned or put up for adoption. Why bother to test for it, if there's nothing you're allowed to do about it?
[13:39:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03nobu_the_bard [6373] (Score: 4, Touché) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:39:22] <exec> 08└─So it's fine to have an abortion if it'd be a baby without any known genetic defects?
[13:39:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 586 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:39:24] <exec> 08└─All of us, of course. The libertarian solution of allowing the abortion (item 1.5) [lp.org] is too technical. Also, allowing a real free market across state lines for healthcare providers (item 2.10) instead of tying it to being a W-2 employee so that the woman who is facing this decision is fully e...
[13:39:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:39:26] <exec> 08└─Why bother to test for it, if there's nothing you're allowed to do about it?
[13:39:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 1378 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:39:28] <exec> 08└─Most notably, the religious “freedom” here seems to be the freedom of men to presume they may control women's bodies. Though of course we can't ignore that womyn-born-womyn also vote for these men to make such decisions about their bodies. At least in this instance, I can trust that feminism wil...
[13:39:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:39:30] <exec> 08└─Yes, but eugenics doesn't work.
[13:39:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03lgsoynews [1235] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:39:33] <exec> 08└─men to presume they may control women's bodies.
[13:39:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Uber Boss Dara Khosrowshahi Apologises after London Ban - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:39:45] <exec> 08└─They can't discriminate against particular customers
[13:39:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03fraxinus-tree [5590] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber Boss Dara Khosrowshahi Apologises after London Ban - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:39:47] <exec> 08└─Well, my bad. I don't live in Western Europe.
[13:40:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Create Buoyant Aluminum - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:40:13] <exec> 08└─It's not a catalyst, if an irreversible process happens to it.
[13:40:27] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ledow [5567] 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 382 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:40:27] <exec> 08└─Reasonable. Viable. And entirely possible. All you need is someone willing to spend several tens of billions with that in mind and it's perfectly possible. Oh, and they'll probably never see a penny of it back. Like the situation has been since the late 60's, at least. We could have just spent more...
[13:40:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:40:40] <exec> 08└─The natives [imdb.com] might have something to say about the ESA's moon village.
[13:41:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03terryk30 [1753] (Score: 1) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 712 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:41:46] <exec> 08└─Get minute oats (as in 1-min, not 3-min), pour serving in bowl. Boil water in kettle (to vigorous boil), immediately pour over oats (stirring w/o spoon via the pouring itself), quickly cover w. plate. Let sit 5 min or so. You have to learn to gauge the amount of water by eye as you pour. (It would c...
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[13:41:47] <exec> 08└─Also, when most people look at a can of Quaker State they don't think, "Food!"
[13:43:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:43:11] <exec> 08└─Toilet paper is very bulky, so you can only do this if you are living somewhere with a reasonable amount of storage space and if you're confident that you won't have to move soon.
[13:43:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 426 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:43:13] <exec> 08└─That's fine if you either own the apartment or have a long-term rental. A lot of poor people are on six-month leases and end up having to move at the end of it. Those extra storage units that you've built have to be moved to the next place or rebuilt. If they need to be moved, then it's likely to me...
[13:43:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:43:15] <exec> 08└─Only ever had invisible girlfriends, huh? :-)
[13:43:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:43:17] <exec> 08└─Also, canning makes sense with store-bought if you buy the vegetables in season when they're cheapest. It's also a factor if you care about zero-impact, low carbon footprint living
[13:43:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 815 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:43:19] <exec> 08└─I live somewhere where most people cycle and don't own a car (cycling is usually faster, because the traffic density makes the average car speed under ten miles per hour and the cycle lanes through the parks are often more direct routes than than the roads). Even here, buying in bulk hasn't gone awa...
[13:43:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:43:21] <exec> 08└─I was mostly thinking of the packaging, but the carbon to move your veg from Chile to America is about the same if you move a lot or a little, so better a lot, once, for what you need, than a little, many times, on demand. You are right that locally grown is still better that way.
[13:43:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 932 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:43:24] <exec> 08└─I don't know how it is where you are, but poor people in New York City don't move around all that much. In public housing they're there in that spot for generations. With rent control/stabilization, they can't afford to move any place else. There is the different class of poor, the homeless, for who...
[13:43:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Imagination Technologies Acquired for $675 Million, MIPS to be Sold Off - 690 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:43:52] <exec> 08└─Yes, it's amazing in this day and age how many businesses people still don't understand Imaginary Property. It's pretty clear that unless you're one of the major x86 people or ARM you're going to have a very hard job competing unless you have something very special to offer. The other thing is that...
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[14:39:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 2348 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:16] <exec> 08└─I'll answer the ethical questions according to my opinion: Is it ethical to "bring back" someone after 15 years? (the world has changed quite significantly) Answer: yes. I would want to be brought back if possible. Sure, a lot has changed in 15 years, but it's not *that* much (not like the past 100...
[14:39:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:18] <exec> 08└─... all we need is to work out what his sequence of blinks means: -.- .. .-.. .-.. -- . .-.-.- -.- .. .-.. .-.. -- . .-.-.- -.- .. .-.. .-.. -- . .-.-.-
[14:39:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 496 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:20] <exec> 08└─Serious question: sanity? If the person was truly unconscious - unaware - for 15 years, it may not be an issue. But if they were "locked in" (aware, but completely unable to respond) for 15 years. What are the chances that they are still sane? On a vaguely related note: There is also the interesting...
[14:39:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:22] <exec> 08└─Is anyone else getting all kinds of TLS cert errors when trying to access Slashdot?! It looks like their site is using a cert that expired January 30, 2017?! WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!
[14:39:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:24] <exec> 08└─what is this slashpoop you're talking about?
[14:39:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:27] <exec> 08└─That's a good point about sanity. But can't they determine if they were "locked in" and aware just by reading brain waves? (Note: IANANS (neuroscientist))
[14:39:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03jbernardo [300] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:29] <exec> 08└─I was thinking along the same lines. But I would probably add a few .--. .-.. . .- ... . ··--·· it always pays to be polite.
[14:39:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0, Funny) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:31] <exec> 08└─Slashdot [slashdot.org] is a website that has many of the same stories as this site, except they publish these stories a day or two earlier than they're published here.
[14:39:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:33] <exec> 08└─The green site was completely down for a while. Now cert errors. At a guess, they've had a major server issue, and are trying to bring things back up, piecemeal, from backups.
[14:39:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 418 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:35] <exec> 08└─I disagree strongly. Pretty much all he is aware of now is his own artificially-imposed suffering - the people who are keeping him alive are effectively torturing him. People with way higher cognitive and expressive capabilities have petitioned for the right to euthanasia (and been denied that right...
[14:39:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:38] <exec> 08└─LOL! That "-1, Troll" mod is really a "-1, Painful Truth" mod!
[14:39:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03DutchUncle [5370] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scottish Power Says UK Will Need to Boost Capacity - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:46] <exec> 08└─The question in the summary is specious because it changes terms. The article quote itself says "SHIFT to electric heating", presumably from burning either fossil fuels or wood/peat/etc. at the home.
[14:39:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Scottish Power Says UK Will Need to Boost Capacity - 341 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:48] <exec> 08└─Electric heating is unbelievably wasteful of resources. All you need is HEAT, not a carefully controlled source of electric power that WAS OBTAINED FROM HEAT at a very high loss factor as an inescapable part of the process! Unless the UK is going to heat using heat pumps... very efficient technology...
[14:39:55] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03FatPhil [863] 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 223 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:39:56] <exec> 08└─Why when a muslim does it, it is considered a bad thing, but when a catholic does it, he's a fine upstanding member of the community, and a good proud american, standing up for family values, and democracy, and bald eagles?
[14:40:05] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 1378 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:06] <exec> 08└─Most notably, the religious “freedom” here seems to be the freedom of men to presume they may control women's bodies. Though of course we can't ignore that womyn-born-womyn also vote for these men to make such decisions about their bodies. At least in this instance, I can trust that feminism wil...
[14:40:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:10] <exec> 08└─Because they're weird brown people who worship a weird brown god. Plus all their people are squatting on top of our oil. If they were blue and worshiped a green flying naked mole rat we'd hate them just as much.
[14:40:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:12] <exec> 08└─In that case, I recommend taking Heinlein's advice: The correct way to punctuate a sentence that states: "Of course it is none of my business, but -- " is to place a period after the word "but." Don't use excessive force in supplying such a moron with a period. Cutting his throat is only a momentary...
[14:40:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:14] <exec> 08└─while correct, I doubt your statement "Allah = Jehovah = Yahweh" will be taken seriously by anyone who takes their religion seriously. in fact I bet it would get you killed in some places.
[14:40:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 760 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:17] <exec> 08└─Why does no one care when a government fucks everyone over, but it's a problem when people from a religion does it? What's the difference? People are still getting fucked. Nobody seems to mind when ivory-tower liberals demand mom-and-pop stores bake cakes, or run gay weddings. And nobody seems to no...
[14:40:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Virindi [3484] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 458 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:19] <exec> 08└─This smells of "we can't ban abortion, so let's put as many restrictions on it as possible". Sleazy. Whether you personally think abortion should be legal or not, right now it is the law of the land. It is in everyone's best interests (and way more important to society than the issue of abortion) th...
[14:40:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:21] <exec> 08└─> Because no one is stopping pregnant women from taking a bus over the state line. No one, except money and time :/
[14:40:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:23] <exec> 08└─The brown people/brown god reference is what makes it easy to justify the misery inflicted upon said brown people squatting on our oil.
[14:40:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03DutchUncle [5370] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 457 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:25] <exec> 08└─In any other context, this would be prima facie stupid: Test for a problem, and if a problem is found, you are NOT ALLOWED to fix or eliminate the problem. Even in the context of abortion, and the religiously-based effort to prohibit abortion, this seems politically backwards; they might get some fe...
[14:40:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:28] <exec> 08└─For people with money and a decent job, it's no problem at all. Yes, poor people can probably find a way too (for NOW) -- but the point is to keep throwing up obstacles. Criminalize abortion in stages until there is almost nothing left about it that is legal.
[14:40:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 366 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:30] <exec> 08└─After from the other states also legislating the same rubbish. And her condition. And her torment and stigma in having to do so because her doctor would be jailed if he helped her. And the fact that she's not aware of that, if her doctor isn't allowed to advise her on it. And money. And time. And th...
[14:40:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:32] <exec> 08└─"The report asserted Iceland had come close to "eradicating" such births."
[14:40:42] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03zocalo [302] 02 - 06Uber Boss Dara Khosrowshahi Apologises after London Ban - 1378 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:40:43] <exec> 08└─In the specific case of London and a few other UK cities that have similar setups there really isn't a "taxi mafia", and certainly not to the same level of the NYC medallion system, but are two types of ride hire; Hackney Cabs which can be hailed from the street and Private Hire cabs that you need t...
[14:41:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Scientists Create Buoyant Aluminum - 255 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:41:14] <exec> 08└─Boldyrev’s colleagues, namely Iliya Getmanskii, Vitaliy Koval, Rusian Minyaev, and Vladimir Minkin of Southern Federal University in Rostov-on Don, Russia, confirmed the structure which is metastable and has a density of 0.61 grams per cubic centimeter.
[14:42:18] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03srobert [4803] 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 56 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:18] <exec> 08└─Silly human, natural flavors and colors are for rabbits.
[14:42:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 685 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:50] <exec> 08└─You're using the wrong kind of oats: https://lesliebeck.com [lesliebeck.com] Do the following: 1. Fill soup bowl halfway through with Quaker quick-cooking white oats. 2. Pour milk fully covering the oats to about 2/3 of the bowl. 3. Throw in the microwave for 2-3minutes. 4. Flavor with 1-...
[14:42:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 242 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:51] <exec> 08└─That's... actually a good way to do healthy without sacrificing flavor. Assuming it works. I can't eat Kix though, my mom didn't let me eat anything but Kix, Cheerios and Rice Crispies for breakfast for years, and I can't eat any of them now.
[14:42:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:53] <exec> 08└─SCREW all you hippie foodies. This is AWESOME news!!
[14:43:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Intel Launches 8th-Gen Core Desktop Chips; Claims New Core i7-8700K is its Best Gaming Chip Ever - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:09] <exec> 08└─Surely, it could have been engineered such that a 6-core chip in an "old" LGA 1151 socket would at least work as a 4-core chip, etc. Surely, it could have also been engineered to work in some kind of degraded mode, whereby the 2 "extra" cores can still be passed tasks by one of the other cores.
[14:43:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Intel Launches 8th-Gen Core Desktop Chips; Claims New Core i7-8700K is its Best Gaming Chip Ever - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:11] <exec> 08└─Can we please get some more data when statements like this are made? Power consumption? Clock speed? Price?!
[14:44:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 452 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:44:27] <exec> 08└─Costco offers an Executive membership. $110 a year. Costs $55 more than the regular one. Why do it? It is guaranteed to pay for itself. If you don't buy enough stuff to have the 2% rebate of the Exec. membership kick back to you $110 or more, your membership cost is refunded. Also, the "occasional w...
[14:44:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:44:29] <exec> 08└─The system is specifically tailored to favor people with money.
[14:44:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheRaven [270] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Imagination Technologies Acquired for $675 Million, MIPS to be Sold Off - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:44:59] <exec> 08└─I have a feeling that ARM is going to slowly be overtaken by RISC-V in the way that traditional Unix was by Linux and friends.
[14:45:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Imagination Technologies Acquired for $675 Million, MIPS to be Sold Off - 284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:45:00] <exec> 08└─Would it be possible to implement the base specification plus have some run-time configurable (microcode, FPGA...?) parts to be able to emulate any extensions as required? What about the Transmeta approach? But then you might as well choose a more common instruction set to translate.
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[15:39:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Funny) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:27] <exec> 08└─-.- .. .-.. .-.. -- . .-.-.- -.- .. .-.. .-.. -- . .-.-.- -.- .. .-.. .-.. -- . .-.-.-
[15:39:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:28] <exec> 08└─Didn't keep his skills up, hasn't learned any new technologies, and he's too old. Even if he had godlike Linux skills in 2002, he's worthless now.
[15:39:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 258 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:31] <exec> 08└─If I go to https://sourceforge.net [sourceforge.net] with JavaScript disabled I get this message: We're sorry -- the Sourceforge site is currently in Disaster Recovery mode, and currently requires the use of javascript to function. Please check back later.
[15:39:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 520 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:33] <exec> 08└─OK, so the ethical questions about bringing someone back after 15 years are pertinent now, but if this treatment is shown to be effective then it can be applied to patients as soon as they go into their vegetative state. Once the backlog of people lying comatose for years / decades has been worked t...
[15:39:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:35] <exec> 08└─Can they remove some nerve tissue and make people less aware? Oh, wait - they've already done that by giving people "smart phones". Never mind . . .
[15:39:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:37] <exec> 08└─Oh no! Not a Sourceforge outage! Are Michael David Crawford's projects OK?
[15:39:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03kazzie [5309] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:40] <exec> 08└─Alternatively, he's uncorrupted by systemd...
[15:39:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 297 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:42] <exec> 08└─You joke about this, but the reality is that this could literally mean the end of Free/Libre Open Source Software as we know it. According to SourceForge's About page [archive.org]: SourceForge is the largest, most trusted destination for Open Source Software discovery and development on the web.
[15:39:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 352 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:44] <exec> 08└─Meh... I'm myself 35 now... so I pretty much left the university 15 years ago... the new stuff that I learned in that time (some of it is outdated already) could easily be caught up with in... 2 years or so. OTOH, got tired of my job and switched to something completely else, lots of people do that....
[15:39:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:46] <exec> 08└─Could it be that this treatment would be more effective on someone who is only recently injured than someone who has been flat on their back for 15 years?
[15:39:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 449 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:49] <exec> 08└─Now that systemd has been entrenched for a couple of years in even the most conservative of Linux distros (like Debian), and much longer in Fedora, it's getting harder and harder to find entry-level sysadmins who have experience with Linux distros that don't use systemd. You really start to worry fo...
[15:39:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:51] <exec> 08└─Have you been in a vegetative state for 15 years? Sourceforge is a graveyard of dead projects. GitHub is the entire open source community, every open source project is on GitHub, every open source coder is on GitHub.
[15:39:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:53] <exec> 08└─We can and have beat Slashdot to stories. It just doesn't happen often since we get less submissions and space them out longer (typically 90 minutes instead of 45 minutes)
[15:39:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 308 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:39:55] <exec> 08└─I yearn for the days when there were significant differences between Unix flavors, competent sysadmins adapted to whatever they were using at the moment, and incompetent idiots ran away screaming. Linux/systemd is too homogeneous, but "idiot friendly" is what young dumb devops need, because they are...
[15:40:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Scottish Power Says UK Will Need to Boost Capacity - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:40:05] <exec> 08└─I bet it's a dinosaur figuring out now is the last time they will manage to build another 40 years mega facility before solar and wind take over...
[15:40:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scottish Power Says UK Will Need to Boost Capacity - 534 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:40:08] <exec> 08└─But if the demand for heating is demand for electric heating, then it is demand for electrical energy. Of course, I'm not pretending there's a noble motive behind what he's saying - he wants to be in control of an even bigger slice of the UK wind farm industry than he already is, and presumably want...
[15:40:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Scottish Power Says UK Will Need to Boost Capacity - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:40:10] <exec> 08└─"SHIFT to electric heating", presumably from burning either fossil fuels or wood/peat/etc. at the home.
[15:40:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scottish Power Says UK Will Need to Boost Capacity - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:40:12] <exec> 08└─> All you need is HEAT Not quite - what you want is easily turn-on-and-offable heat which is easy to deliver, and which has no toxic byproducts.
[15:40:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Scottish Power Says UK Will Need to Boost Capacity - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:40:14] <exec> 08└─Electric resistance heating is not the only way to do this, and you know it. There is natural gas and steam heat as well. Natural gas will heat your house better than any competing technology, but it's not the only way to go. Heat pumps are great if it never gets very cold.
[15:40:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03tomtomtom [340] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scottish Power Says UK Will Need to Boost Capacity - 3479 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:40:17] <exec> 08└─The problem is not increasing demand per se (demand is increasing but not especially rapidly), but shrinking spare supply capacity, which is down to mismanagement on the part of government. Basically, the UK has been failing to replace old generation capacity quickly enough as it's been shut down at...
[15:40:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 652 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:40:48] <exec> 08└─Would be interesting to see what the abortion laws are in jurisdictions that offer free healthcare. I bet they'd be leaner. Because in such places, I guarantee you, they'd rather not have to pay to support a child who is unwanted, unlikely to ever lead a normal adult life, or where the birth process...
[15:40:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Informative) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:40:49] <exec> 08└─"Ivory tower liberals" is a phrase that only highlights you as a "mud crawling hypocrite." Not every opinion gets the same weight, and as a society we've decided the religious bullcrap gets shirt shrift in the public domain.
[15:40:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:40:51] <exec> 08└─Err, Muslims ASSERT that it's the same god. Their issue is that other people are worshiping him wrong. You do know that they trace back to the same Abraham that Christians and Jews do, right?
[15:40:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Virindi [3484] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:40:54] <exec> 08└─Nope. After you get the test, since there is no penalty for the woman getting the abortion, you can just go to another doctor to get the abortion. If you don't tell them about the test, they cannot be guilty of this crime because they had no idea.
[15:40:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 1079 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:40:56] <exec> 08└─Well no shit. What are you, 12? Of course we know that Christians and Jews worship the same God and traditions as the Muslims. How is this a revelation? How is this "Insightful" on SoylentNews? How about this: Christianity was the original invader of Europe. It is a foreign religion brought by forei...
[15:40:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2, Informative) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:40:58] <exec> 08└─while correct, I doubt your statement "Allah = Jehovah = Yahweh" will be taken seriously by anyone who takes their religion seriously. in fact I bet it would get you killed in some places.
[15:40:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 539 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:41:00] <exec> 08└─I'd say this is less about eugenics and more about not leaving the parents effectively saddled with a child who, instead of taking care of them in their old age (one of the biggest reasons to have kids in the first place), will be requiring an inordinate amount of resources to look after, leaving th...
[15:41:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:41:03] <exec> 08└─I like the way you think. Still, this would require withholding from your new doctor all your medical records. Assuming you have health insurance (which under Obamacare we are all supposed to have)... this may not be possible. The push is for electronic records that are sharable.
[15:41:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:41:05] <exec> 08└─Imagine the horror of more healthy children being born. That's not a world I want to live in!
[15:41:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:41:07] <exec> 08└─Maybe you and the poster of https://soylentnews.org can just get a room on your own, so you don't disturb our discussion with your ranting?
[15:41:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:41:09] <exec> 08└─You're right. That's why all three religions get along so famously. That's why the Catholics and Protestants have always gotten along so well too.
[15:41:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 684 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:41:12] <exec> 08└─I'm afraid they may have already thought of doctor shopping. All they'd have to say is that doctor shopping is suspicious enough behavior or come up with some other tangential reason to be suspicious, as shown in the text below: (B) No person shall purposely perform or induce or attempt to perform o...
[15:41:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:41:14] <exec> 08└─Parent (unlikely) said: "... instead of taking care of them in their old age (one of the biggest reasons to have kids in the first place)..." Something tells me you aren't a parent. This is not a realistic expectation.
[15:41:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:41:16] <exec> 08└─Well no shit. What are you, 12? Of course we know that Christians and Jews worship the same God and traditions as the Muslims.
[15:41:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 2701 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:41:18] <exec> 08└─Sounds remarkably similar to an antebellum argument that Nebraska not allowing slavery, plus any enslaved person entering the state would be automatically freed, would infringe on the right of a slave owner to bring his slaves with him into Nebraska. Slavery is of course extreme control of another's...
[15:41:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:41:20] <exec> 08└─Why does no one care when a government fucks everyone over,
[15:41:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 804 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:41:23] <exec> 08└─I too felt that wording jarred, almost certainly as I am being tarred by that broad brush, and I do not recognise in me the trait I'm being accused of. I was considering suggesting that 'men' be replaced with 'US Catholic men' to let most of my gender off the hook. Considering he's a politician, and...
[15:41:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:41:25] <exec> 08└─Why does no one care when a government fucks everyone over, but it's a problem when people from a religion does it? What's the difference? People are still getting fucked.
[15:41:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Uber Boss Dara Khosrowshahi Apologises after London Ban - 404 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:41:40] <exec> 08└─So, big rich corps pressuring regulators to rule in their favor is your version of the "people fighting back"? Is it ok here because you like the Uber service, but it isn't ok when, say, an industry is seeking a favorable ruling for the Dakota Pipeline, or when some want the GSA to say that there is...
[15:42:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Spamalope [5233] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Create Buoyant Aluminum - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:42:08] <exec> 08└─It's a funding ruse. The Russians will get this material first if you don't fund my lab!
[15:42:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 333 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:42:36] <exec> 08└─humans belong everywhere they can/want to live. whether or not you agree, humans will colonize other planets, and in order for the technology to mature, it needs to be developed and tested. and the moon is close, while at the same time harsher than Mars and the interesting moons of Jupiter and Satur...
[15:42:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 224 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:42:37] <exec> 08└─Sort of agree, but for the opposite reason--we'd be much better settling on a rock farther away than the moon, because the moon is still close enough to Earth for a colony there to not save us from an extinction-level event.
[15:42:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:42:40] <exec> 08└─*to not save us from several kinds of extinction-level events. blarg
[15:44:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Intel Launches 8th-Gen Core Desktop Chips; Claims New Core i7-8700K is its Best Gaming Chip Ever - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:44:07] <exec> 08└─I think the idea here is that for many users, Intel's lead in single-threaded performance makes it a better choice than AMD's high core multithreaded approach. So a gentle increase from 4 cores to 6 cores is more useful than AMD's 8 cores.
[15:44:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Intel Launches 8th-Gen Core Desktop Chips; Claims New Core i7-8700K is its Best Gaming Chip Ever - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:44:09] <exec> 08└─but the OS seems to have run out of... steam.
[15:45:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03DutchUncle [5370] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 306 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:45:26] <exec> 08└─It's not "extra" storage if the volume is part of your original volume. Yes, a pretty cabinet is neater than just piling things up in the basement, but it still takes up part of the living space that you are paying for. In NYC volume is indeed precious (I grew up in Manhattan, and my son lives there...
[15:45:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03donkeyhotay [2540] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 1322 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:45:28] <exec> 08└─Sounds like another elitist hipster who thinks everything they buy from the local urban store just magically shows up for their convenience. All of those nice roads, freeways and superhighways make it possible for goods to come into the city, in a timely manner, to be delivered to the local bodega....
[15:45:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 455 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:45:30] <exec> 08└─My friend buys a bag of apples that he forgets to use. Instead of letting it decay, I peel them and can them in a watery syrup. Now the shelf life has been extended from a couple of weeks to years. Everyone has bought fruits and vegetables that they have ended up throwing away. Canning [uga.edu] giv...
[15:45:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:45:32] <exec> 08└─The system is specifically tailored to favor people who believe they have a future. Who don't live hand to mouth. Who don't depend on others constantly. Who are willing to work for a savings. Who spend little or no time complaining, and a maximum of time adding value.
[15:45:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:45:35] <exec> 08└─How do you carry bulky things home when you walk three miles (5 km)? And how when you bike?
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[16:39:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exceptionally Preserved Ancient Ships Discovered in the Black Sea - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:17] <exec> 08└─You do know that you can't get to north america via the black sea right? Any way this is interesting but unfortunately the project page is FUBAR since they apparently don't have the budget for bandwith
[16:39:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exceptionally Preserved Ancient Ships Discovered in the Black Sea - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:19] <exec> 08└─The Norse had much shorter gaps of open ocean to traverse. Unless you think the Greeks took the same path. Sailing across the Atlantic ocean is a pretty massive undertaking.
[16:39:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Exceptionally Preserved Ancient Ships Discovered in the Black Sea - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:21] <exec> 08└─Aristarchus, in his early career, was tasked with preserving those ships. Apparently, he did an excellent job. To bad he later started philosphizing.
[16:39:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exceptionally Preserved Ancient Ships Discovered in the Black Sea - 416 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:23] <exec> 08└─Can somebody please mod down the fucking retarded parent comment? A ship in the Black Sea can pass through the Bosphorus [wikipedia.org] to get to the Mediterranean, which connects to the Atlantic Ocean, which obviously allows North America to be reached. The modern name "Bosphorus" comes from the A...
[16:39:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:58] <exec> 08└─Pretty much all he is aware of now is his own artificially-imposed suffering - the people who are keeping him alive are effectively torturing him.
[16:39:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:39:59] <exec> 08└─How is this informative. You are part of that group of old people that sit around at burger king every morning drinking endless cups of coffee arent you. I bet your old fogies friends voted you up on this. Stupid whippersnappers and their phones.
[16:40:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 405 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:01] <exec> 08└─I don't know what the hell you're talking about. Internet-enabled smart phones have made people a lot more aware. They're more aware of news. They're more aware of politics. They're more aware of their surroundings, thanks to the maps and GPS that nearly all smart phones offer. If anyone is less awa...
[16:40:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03number11 [1170] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:04] <exec> 08└─Is it ethical to "bring back" someone after 15 years? (the world has changed quite significantly) Answer: yes. I would want to be brought back if possible.
[16:40:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 1748 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:06] <exec> 08└─I guess I can counter each of your claims easily enough. News - mostly from echo chamber main stream media. Politics - again, echo chamber main stream media. Surroundings? You really threw in awareness of surroundings? People with their noses to the screens are hurtling past you on the highway - you...
[16:40:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 3957 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:08] <exec> 08└─We should never settle for cadaver transplantation of organs as the permanent solution for organ failure. Don't worry, we never will. Transplanted organs (from donors) are not a great solution, as you have to take anti-rejection drugs for the rest of your life, which ruin your immune system and make...
[16:40:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 1217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:10] <exec> 08└─That research is already complete, most of it done in the 1930-1960 date range. [wikipedia.org] It was shown effective at treating violent psychosis, persistent chronic pain, and hysteria; its developers were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine of 1949. Patients reported some loss of...
[16:40:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 267 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:13] <exec> 08└─What did you switch to, out of curiosity, assuming you left the tech field altogether? I'm always a little curious to hear about people who started in the tech field and abandoned it, despite all the screams from various places that "We need more people in STEM!!!!".
[16:40:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03vux984 [5045] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:15] <exec> 08└─Yes, but at the same time, you would be able to let the person decide whether they want to die.
[16:40:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 726 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:40:17] <exec> 08└─Let's try this. We meet up in Times Square, in New York. No phones, no maps, no GPS, no nothing. You get a car, I get a car, and money for gas. We drive to Balboa Park in San Diego. ... You navigate your way across the continent, based on your knowledge of the USA. Can you do it? ... how many of you...
[16:41:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:41:20] <exec> 08└─How typical. Unable to address the point at hand.
[16:41:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 1096 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:41:22] <exec> 08└─joke time: Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas are about to begin negotiations over the distribution of land for Palestinians, when Netanyahu says, "Before we start the meeting, I want to tell an old Passover story." "When Moses was leading the Jews out of Egypt toward the Promised Land, he had to...
[16:41:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 754 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:41:24] <exec> 08└─Yep. Sunni and Shia as well. Let's also not forget Eastern Orthodox. It's just one big, happy Yahweh-worshiping family. Hopefully this all illustrates how fucking stupid the whole sky wizard idea is. Ever since Abraham had some crazy command hallucinations [wikipedia.org] while dehydrated in a deser...
[16:41:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 1723 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:41:26] <exec> 08└─As a resident of the great state of Ohio, yes, banning abortion is exactly what this is about. The state government and many of the constituents they represent would like to make abortion completely illegal. They can't, so they do everything they can to make it illegal that they think the court syst...
[16:41:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:41:28] <exec> 08└─... except that the neighboring states of Kentucky, Indiana, and Pennsylvania will probably quickly adopt the same laws if this passes judicial muster.
[16:41:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:41:30] <exec> 08└─Even in the context of abortion, and the religiously-based effort to prohibit abortion, this seems politically backwards; they might get some fence-sitters if they tried to ban abortion UNLESS a specific problem was found.
[16:41:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03FakeBeldin [3360] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 1154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:41:33] <exec> 08└─We've had that discussion before. Iceland itself has not eradicated anything, it's its inhabitants choosing aborting when considering the options. [snopes.com] Iceland offers free pre-natal screening for down syndrome. Doctors are required to tell pregnant women that they can be screened. Some of th...
[16:41:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:41:35] <exec> 08└─Instead, we need mommy and daddy government to decide what's best for us, apparently.
[16:41:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 487 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:41:37] <exec> 08└─Who and/or what, exactly, traces back to Abraham? In theory at least, every Jew in the world can count Abraham as a direct forebear. (Well, at least those who can afford four bears.) Christians? Not only no, but HELL NO!! Ditto for Muslims. Some few Muslims can claim Mohammed as an ancestor, but Moh...
[16:41:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03tomtomtom [340] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber Boss Dara Khosrowshahi Apologises after London Ban - 2440 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:41:53] <exec> 08└─The argument is not that the decision was corrupt, but that it was heavily politicised. Sadiq Khan is the Mayor of London and in that capacity sits as the Chairman of TfL. Given that Uber appears to have passed all previous audits and had no issues with TfL until early this year, Sadiq Khan was elec...
[16:42:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Scientists Create Buoyant Aluminum - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:42:22] <exec> 08└─It's a very transient state. Just after the finish of a rant, there is a very brief pause before the intake of breath that powers the next rant.
[16:42:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03deimtee [3272] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Create Buoyant Aluminum - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:42:24] <exec> 08└─28kg vs 27 g is a factor of about a thousand. Given that TNT is actually pretty shitty energy storage, that's a lot closer to being possible than I would have guessed.
[16:42:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 423 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:42:55] <exec> 08└─The Moon and asteroids with a fraction of the Moon's mass, like Ceres, are big balls of untapped resources. We know people can live there. If they can do it by using local resources instead of being dependent on resupply, then permanent colonies will take hold there eventually. Antarctica treaty iss...
[16:42:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 1504 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:42:56] <exec> 08└─You are going to tell me with a straight face that a treaty is what is stopping a land rush to settle the bountiful land of Antarctica? It's only got a relatively small number of people doing a tour of duty there for their govt as a means to secure their country's claim on the continent, should even...
[16:42:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:42:58] <exec> 08└─It just so happens to be that by 2050 they'll have those fusion reactors up and running . . .
[16:43:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:01] <exec> 08└─Given the state of demographics and public policy in the 3 EU member countries leading innovation and economic progress ... in 30-50 years they won't be putting people in space much less landing them on the moon.
[16:43:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:03] <exec> 08└─Cobblers'.
[16:43:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Lester [6231] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 1468 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:05] <exec> 08└─Well, the fact that gravity in Moon is 1/6 of Earth doesn't mean you can build rockets much more heavier. You need less velocity to escape from Moon's gravity field, but your rocket will also fly slower to its destination. There is a confusion between weight and mass. Weight depends on gravity, mas...
[16:44:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03sgleysti [56] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 433 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:44:16] <exec> 08└─This may not be what you're after, but I love Post Shredded Wheat (spoon size, brown box). Per 59g serving, 210 cal, 10 from fat 1.5g fat, polyunsaturated 0mg cholesterol/sodium 230mg potassium 47g carbs (1g sol fiber, 7g insol fiber, 0g sugar) 7g protein This and puffed wheat are the only cereals I...
[16:44:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03sgleysti [56] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:44:18] <exec> 08└─Shredded wheat beats the curve: 0g sugar. I love that stuff, as it also has no salt; it's really hard to find a cereal that's low in sodium.
[16:44:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:44:20] <exec> 08└─Then fry that on a skillet. . . ?
[16:44:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:44:22] <exec> 08└─I like the shredded wheat "biscuits". Those are the best. :-)
[16:44:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:44:24] <exec> 08└─Frosted Mini Wheats are even better.
[16:44:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:44:26] <exec> 08└─Shhh, don't tell people but most of the drugs (including vitamins bought in pill or liquid form) people buy are also sourced from petroleum as well.
[16:44:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Intel Launches 8th-Gen Core Desktop Chips; Claims New Core i7-8700K is its Best Gaming Chip Ever - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:44:46] <exec> 08└─If people really have too much money on their hands, a Xeon W-2125 will handle more GPUs and won't throttle-down the rest of your cores while one is under heavy loads.
[16:44:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Intel Launches 8th-Gen Core Desktop Chips; Claims New Core i7-8700K is its Best Gaming Chip Ever - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:44:48] <exec> 08└─http://store.steampowered.com/app/480490/Prey/ [steampowered.com] Enjoy : )
[16:46:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Taibhsear [1464] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 184 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:46:11] <exec> 08└─One of these carts. https://www.walmart.com [walmart.com] Or a rickshaw, or a wide three wheeled bicycle. There are many options.
[16:46:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03insanumingenium [4824] (Score: 1) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 1138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:46:12] <exec> 08└─Perhaps I am missing something, but I don't see the ethical dilemma here. You are not harming the "club" or members in the slightest, if anything you are helping them. This isn't a little fraternal organization organizing a group buy by fronting the value of the whole order to the wholesaler and tr...
[16:47:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03fyngyrz [6567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hidden 2015 European Commission Report on Copyright Infringement - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:47:13] <exec> 08└─For current content, people are often content to just wait.
[16:49:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06CVS Limits Opioid Prescriptions - 965 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:49:14] <exec> 08└─Actually, I wasn't talking about any particular case. Rather I was talking about characteristics of the opioids. I don't know his friends, and that is irrelevant to my point. Well, not totally irrelevant. Opioids *are* addictive, and addicts tend, by definition, to strive hard to acquire the drug to...
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[17:39:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:12] <exec> 08└─Why the fuck would I watch modern TV shows when I could watch Monty Python instead?
[17:39:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:14] <exec> 08└─are starting to look like Dracs.
[17:39:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sourcery42 [6400] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:16] <exec> 08└─So in addition to this brand new exclusive show I get access to a bunch of crime procedurals and mediocre comedies most of which I can watch over the air if I choose to. I'll pass.
[17:39:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 289 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:18] <exec> 08└─That's my position. It can be as awesome as any show, but forget it. But this is the fad for now; Disney/ABC is spinning up their own service and pulling their movies off of Netflix, etc. We just need to wait through this stage where most of these studio-specific services whither and die.
[17:39:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:21] <exec> 08└─Modern TV is not dead, it's just resting.
[17:39:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:23] <exec> 08└─Star Trek has always been globalist propaganda, depicting a world where government is all encompassing but somehow hasn't been co-opted by bad actors. I doubt it's gotten any subtler on that point in 2017.
[17:39:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 624 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:25] <exec> 08└─I don't think it's a "stage" with Disney. They have more than enough content (Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, ABC, Touchstone, etc) that they will be able to grow their own without much issue. As for CBS, the prevailing theory is that All Access is really just a negotiating tactic for when they redo thei...
[17:39:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 1098 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:27] <exec> 08└─I read a headline the other day that this new show is better embracing the purpose of Starfleet: diversity. Well, that ain't the purpose of Starfleet, especially back in the day before Kirk; Star Trek: Enterprise did a pretty damn good job of showing Starfleet to be very human-centric orbganization,...
[17:39:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:30] <exec> 08└─... who appears via some kind of holographic telepresence system that we’ve never seen on Trek before ...
[17:39:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 1206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:32] <exec> 08└─I happened to catch the show on OTA TV. Ug. I'm sure plenty are watching it just because of the "Star Trek" name, but quite frankly so far the Fox parody "The Orville" has had deeper plots and more interesting characters despite its typical Fox formula of dysfunctional characters and crude fart joke...
[17:39:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:34] <exec> 08└─So how did that Wezlee fellow end up in Star Fleet? How did Kneelix end up in Star Fleet? Are you saying they achieved their Star Fleet ranks based on merit?
[17:39:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Spamalope [5233] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Exceptionally Preserved Ancient Ships Discovered in the Black Sea - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:45] <exec> 08└─http://www.ariquemesonline.com.br/noticia.asp?cod=336458&codDep=52 [ariquemesonline.com.br]
[17:39:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exceptionally Preserved Ancient Ships Discovered in the Black Sea - 862 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:47] <exec> 08└─Bahhahaaa! oh wait your serious let me laugh even harder The Greeks that originate in the Mediterranean sail TO the black sea and sink, you cannot get to north America via the black sea, none of the ships found are aberrant in naval technology from what is known of greek and roman ship building and...
[17:39:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exceptionally Preserved Ancient Ships Discovered in the Black Sea - 906 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:49] <exec> 08└─You know the Mediterranean is where the Greeks live, right? So if they wanted to go the Americas, the Black Sea is the wrong way. GP is correct in essence -- sure, your pedantry is justified in that one could sail from Greece to the Black Sea to America, but it would make no bloody sense to. What do...
[17:39:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exceptionally Preserved Ancient Ships Discovered in the Black Sea - 613 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:51] <exec> 08└─In all seriousness, are you mentally challenged? The only one suggesting this retarded idea of sailing from Ancient Greece through the Black Sea through to North America is you. The Ancient Greeks sailed from Ancient Greece to the Black Sea through the Bosphorus. The Ancient Greeks also sailed from...
[17:39:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exceptionally Preserved Ancient Ships Discovered in the Black Sea - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:53] <exec> 08└─This is interesting? Got some low bars lately.
[17:39:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exceptionally Preserved Ancient Ships Discovered in the Black Sea - 649 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:56] <exec> 08└─The only one suggesting anything about the Greeks traveling to the Americas through the Black Sea is the retarded AC who posted the equally retarded "You do know that you can't get to north america via the black sea right?". If you had read the article, you'd know that these preserved ships show tha...
[17:39:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exceptionally Preserved Ancient Ships Discovered in the Black Sea - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:39:58] <exec> 08└─Whos theory is this, and where can I read more about it. Off handed I am guessing you are our greek friend that hangs around here and is trying to pump your own civilizations achievements.
[17:39:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Exceptionally Preserved Ancient Ships Discovered in the Black Sea - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:00] <exec> 08└─Kind of funny if you know the community.... I like that we're small enough to still call each other out by name.
[17:40:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:46] <exec> 08└─a horse wanker. what a life.
[17:40:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 350 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:47] <exec> 08└─For a while, SourceForge was adding closed source adware to projects that left their platform (including GIMP) without approval from the authors or any warning to end-users. They've theoretically stopped, but only after losing all credibility. Not that github should be unconditionally trusted, just...
[17:40:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 519 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:49] <exec> 08└─Actually, I can walk. I would prefer to ride a horse. And, I'll get to Balboa Park, either way. Compass, no problem. I'm far from the best of stargazers, but I can find the dippers and tne North Star. Now, clothing, you've got me on. I've made clothes, from cloth - that is manufactured cloth. But, n...
[17:40:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:52] <exec> 08└─The proper term is animal husbander...
[17:40:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:54] <exec> 08└─Answer: yes. I would want to be brought back if possible.
[17:40:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:56] <exec> 08└─they've had a major server issue,
[17:40:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:40:58] <exec> 08└─#lifefailure #learn2knit #geezerswtweezers
[17:41:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fnord666 [652] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 411 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:41:01] <exec> 08└─No. You would NOT be able to let the person decide whether they want to die. This person is not sufficiently conscious / competent to make that decision. I thought that was FatPhil's entire point. That THIS person has been brought back to this 'minimal level of consciousness' but CANNOT choose to di...
[17:41:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:41:03] <exec> 08└─That's a strange question to ask. How would sanity in such a circumstance even be defined? In any case, there have been cases of recovery by "locked in" patients after a number of years, not to mention coma patients who report having had a sense of awareness for years. I've never seen anybody make a...
[17:41:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 737 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:41:05] <exec> 08└─Have you ever had major surgery? I would expect "minimally conscious" would be that state you are in when awaking from anesthesia, unable to see, maybe you can hear, maybe not, doctors and nurses having to hold you down as you struggle against the panic of not knowing where you are Huh? I've had sur...
[17:41:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03cmdrklarg [5048] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:41:07] <exec> 08└─Bring back after 15 years? I don't want to be in that state for 15 years in the first place! I've made it clear to my family that if I'm ever in that kind of state with no hope of recovery that they are to pull the plug. It's cool that they are able to do this, but this "sanctity of life" attitude n...
[17:41:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:41:10] <exec> 08└─Brain rejuvenation for some. Miniature American flags for others.
[17:41:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scottish Power Says UK Will Need to Boost Capacity - 469 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:41:25] <exec> 08└─Heat pumps have consequences as well. Imagine an entire urban area heated by heat pumps, ground source, air source, water source. No sooner would the systems be installed area wide than the heat source would be depleted to such a degree you would have to re-install a different, better solution, a de...
[17:42:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:25] <exec> 08└─How typical, trying to dis-rail the conversation by talking about something off topic.
[17:42:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2, Disagree) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 398 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:27] <exec> 08└─Ohio isn't that big. You can drive from northeast corner to southwest corner in about six hours, without speeding. So, if a woman lives right smack in the middle of the state, she can be out of state in three hours or less. So - a half day's travel at most to get to a clinic and back. If she can aff...
[17:42:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 447 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:29] <exec> 08└─You are being silly. The original human "invaders of Europe" were the Neanderthals. It has been invaded numerous times since then. It was usually an afterthought on the invasions, though, because of the lousy water supply. Which is one of the reasons the early people worshiped the god of beer. When...
[17:42:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:31] <exec> 08└─Didn't the Suprme Court already rule that abortions were constitutionally protected? I wouldn't think that this law would be legal given that. Obviously this law is unconstitutional. Hopefully the courts will rightfully strike it down.
[17:42:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:33] <exec> 08└─No. The correct option is to amend the constitution. We shouldn't overrule precedents willy nilly, unless they are obviously wrong.
[17:42:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 327 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:35] <exec> 08└─Definitely including the Libertarian party, but yeah, also all the other official parties. And even most non-official parties. OTOH, while I support a form of libertarianism, it definitely has some authoritarian aspects. E.g., it would be against murder. (And a few other things, but I'm trying to ma...
[17:42:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03nobu_the_bard [6373] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 585 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:38] <exec> 08└─I'm with the AC on disagreeing that is the primary reason to have children. However, it's also true that the child with a condition like Down may never be fully independent. Even if the parent is fine dedicating their life to helping the child, the child quite likely will outlive them. Even if the s...
[17:42:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 623 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:40] <exec> 08└─Sorry, but it's not limited in the way you suppose. I'd also prefer rephrasing, but I would have said "people" rather than "men". People in power generally seem to get off telling other people what to do. This isn't to claim that some "telling people what to do" isn't necessary, but they tend to go...
[17:42:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 1499 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:42] <exec> 08└─When they say "Iceland has almost eradicated such births" you should read it as "babies with Downs syndrome are aborted". Now I, in particular, think that's probably a good thing. Let's analyze this as if it were a financial problem faced by a corporation: If the mother, who has the greatest sunk in...
[17:42:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:42:44] <exec> 08└─Christians? Not only no, but HELL NO!!
[17:43:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber Boss Dara Khosrowshahi Apologises after London Ban - 481 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:43:01] <exec> 08└─Agreed. I was going to say "So you support regulatory capture?". That said, regulatory capture is a real problem that nobody seems willing to deal with. It's not really sufficient to say "But just letting things be unregulated is worse." (or, for that matter, better). What needs to be done is the pr...
[17:45:12] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03NotSanguine [285] 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 782 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:45:12] <exec> 08└─A long time ago... As Dave Barry pointed out in 1985 [miamiherald.com]: Dear Mister Language Person: I am curious about the expression, "Part of this complete breakfast." The way it comes up is, my 5-year-old will be watching TV cartoon shows in the morning, and they'll show a commercial for a child...
[17:45:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 8 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:45:25] <exec> 08└─*whoosh*
[17:45:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:45:26] <exec> 08└─in my experience, you actually crap less on a ketogenic diet because you're not eating so much useless crap your body can't use.
[17:45:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03crafoo [6639] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Intel Launches 8th-Gen Core Desktop Chips; Claims New Core i7-8700K is its Best Gaming Chip Ever - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:45:49] <exec> 08└─Which NSA Backdoor chipset is this CPU compatible with? Can I still use it with the undocumented, unpatched backdoor chipset that allows remote hardware access?
[17:47:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Finds a Pitch-Black Hot Jupiter Exoplanet - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:47:30] <exec> 08└─incoming light penetrates deep into the planet's atmosphere where it is absorbed by hydrogen atoms and converted to heat energy.
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[18:39:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 637 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:26] <exec> 08└─What makes Star Trek a great series has been that it's written in a way that people of vastly different socio-political persuasions can find in the plot an allegory for each of their philosophies. For instance, I have always found Star Trek to be patently libertarian—and not just any kind of liber...
[18:39:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:28] <exec> 08└─Wasn't one of the main themes of Spaceport 9 how there were slime infiltrators in the Star Fleet?
[18:39:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 1305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:30] <exec> 08└─I 100% believe that humanity is capable of creating a system of government not so easily coopted. The planet educational average is still very low, and the aristocracy of old was never actually thrown off. They still squat in modern society, sucking the life out of society. Every large country is an...
[18:39:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 1606 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:32] <exec> 08└─In the DS9 episode Trials and Tribble-ations [wikia.com], some DS9 members go back in time to the TOS episode The Trouble with Tribbles [wikia.com]. Noticing the difference in appearance between TNG / DS9 Klingons such as Worf, and TOS Klingons, Worf is asked about this. His reply [chakoteya.net] is...
[18:39:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Touché) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:34] <exec> 08└─The same people who mock religion always find all sorts of "hidden meaning" in their favorite Hollywood-produced commercial fiction.
[18:39:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03sunami88 [5409] (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 2212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:36] <exec> 08└─*Spoilers for a premier to a thing you really should have watched before clicking on this article* . I desperately wanted to like it. Really, I did. We had 7,000 episodes of old (boring) Trek - and some of them were phenomenal, and I knew that post-2009 that wasn't what we were going to get. But wha...
[18:39:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:39] <exec> 08└─Is Hollywood utterly unable to do anything original?
[18:39:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 394 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:41] <exec> 08└─Religious war? Common theme for humanity, definitely something for the show to address. I also think Star Trek needed some darkness so it wasn't all just rosy utopia, show that it took humanity time to evolve as a society. All that said, no fucking WAY am I watching this. DS9 was a stretch, Voyager...
[18:39:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:43] <exec> 08└─Since you watched the show, can you explain why the two women are wearing Islamic garb? Is this series about Islam?
[18:39:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 941 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:45] <exec> 08└─I watched the two first episodes. It wasn't very impressive. It didn't really feel like Star Trek, or if you like it felt like the last few Star Trek movies ie it felt like any standard space-action show with a way to large budget post for effects aka the JJ Abrams sci-fi standard. That the Klingons...
[18:39:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 581 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:47] <exec> 08└─With Netflix, I've been able to watch these series one-show-after-the-other in a single sitting, plowing through entire series. I recall seeing these characters work their way up, and thereby become respected members of the team. Neelix was a non-Starfleet member. In the case of Wesley, he was ultim...
[18:39:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03sunami88 [5409] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:50] <exec> 08└─Heh, sorry to self reply but I referred to Michael as Number 2 instead of Number 1. Can you tell what was on my mind while I was writing that? :P
[18:39:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03ealbers [5715] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 451 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:52] <exec> 08└─All the "future" series are lame. They have humans flying spacesuits, really? A Human being in the future is driving a spacesuit? Why? Or a spaceship? Hell we have self driving CARS...the future doesn't even have that! Also, whats with sending humans out to look at something outside the ship, did th...
[18:39:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 880 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:54] <exec> 08└─It isn't a problem with entrenched parties that subvert government. It is a problem with human beings. In the bible, Jeremiah (17:9) wrote: The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? Whether you believe that is not important. My point is simply is that wherever...
[18:39:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:56] <exec> 08└─What? Are you referring to the first scene? They are out walking in a desert. They are wearing something appropriate for that. Something that covers you entire body and face. It had nothing to do with religion or Islam.
[18:39:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:39:59] <exec> 08└─We just need to wait through this stage where most of these studio-specific services whither and die.
[18:40:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:01] <exec> 08└─Multiple interpretations are what define a classic. One time, a pair of Jehovah's Witnesses stopped by, and were telling me how amazing the Bible is, how the stories are so good that they could be Hollywood movies. I said: "Yeah. The Jews are known for being able to spin a good fiction." There was a...
[18:40:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:03] <exec> 08└─Neelix was a non-Starfleet member.
[18:40:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:05] <exec> 08└─How did Kneelix end up in Star Fleet?
[18:40:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 282 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:07] <exec> 08└─Another thing, this new Star Trek seems kind of "dark". I really wish we could get some more upbeat TV programming. I mean, it is supposed to be futuristic, how about giving people something worth dreaming about? If I want to see wars, I'll just look at Donald Trump's Twatter feed.
[18:40:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:10] <exec> 08└─Line art is all the rage this decade, I guess..
[18:40:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 581 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:12] <exec> 08└─Maybe that's true in the UK, where the old aristocracy literally still exists. But they murdered all of those people in France, and the people that came to America were the people escaping the aristocracy. That's not to say we don't have aristocracy. But most of the wealthy people in America got the...
[18:40:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zedrick [2648] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:14] <exec> 08└─What's wrong with that?
[18:40:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:16] <exec> 08└─"Homestead" is the 169th episode of Star Trek: Voyager and the 23rd episode of the seventh season. One of the final episodes of the series, it marks the departure of Neelix from the crew of the Starship Voyager.
[18:40:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 574 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:18] <exec> 08└─i mistakenly started w/ E02 .. gonna watch E01 now. anyways, after seeing the "michael" ♀ argue it's way out of a A.I. guarded prison cell i was designing the next enterprise in my mind: a wireframe of force-field generators (FFGs) held together by some flimsy steel beams, which in turn where prot...
[18:40:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 519 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:21] <exec> 08└─Why do practitioners of Islam wear that sort of garb in London, Paris, Berlin, Stockholm, and other non-desert environments? Clearly such garb is related to the religion, rather than to any practical concern. Having established that, why are the characters in this series wearing Islamic garb? Do the...
[18:40:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 400 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:23] <exec> 08└─I like The Orville. They could turn down the middle-school humor a bit, but overall I like it. It's sad when Seth MacFarlane is making a better Trek than CBS but Seth has said he's a huge Trek fan and wanted to do something rooted in discovery and hope, instead of all the dark stuff Trek seems deter...
[18:40:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 287 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:25] <exec> 08└─Considering how desperately the big studios are trying to kill Netflix, yeah. Sure. If everybody is shitting their pants in fear of them, they must be doing something right. Netflix *is* the free market correcting itself. Or at least it was, before everybody started pulling out of it :P
[18:40:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:27] <exec> 08└─Goddamn it, it's not an "honorary position"! Neelix is the Official Starfleet Ambassador to the Delta Quadrant! Show him some respect, damn it!
[18:40:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 824 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:30] <exec> 08└─Human greed is the problem, but it is possible to structure society to minimize the harm caused by such greed. The world has gotten a LOT better in just a couple hundred years, we're still working on a lot of issues and as I said we never really got rid of the old aristocracy. It will be a while, th...
[18:40:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:32] <exec> 08└─Are there any transgender characters in this series? If not, why not?
[18:40:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 1, Flamebait) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 5449 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:34] <exec> 08└─Boring. Predictable. No creativity. 1) Part of the standard hollywood narrative is little girls always beat and kill the largest strongest male warriors usually in a very physical way. Because in the real world when a 3rd world football player beats his girlfriend she always ends up killing him. No...
[18:40:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:36] <exec> 08└─Considering the nearest Starfleet presence to him is a couple decades away at warp speed, I might as well declare myself King of Proxima Centauri, for all the good it'll do.
[18:40:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 444 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:38] <exec> 08└─For cultural reasons. They wore clothing like that before there was even Islam. It's adaptation to the elements and not your God. It has nothing to do with it. But this wasn't even that. It was literally being outside, in a desert, with a sandstorm approaching. They didn't go out there to have a goo...
[18:40:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 4012 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:41] <exec> 08└─Well, that ain't the purpose of Starfleet, especially back in the day before Kirk; Star Trek: Enterprise did a pretty damn good job of showing Starfleet to be very human-centric orbganization, whose goal was to move Humanity out into space. Wrong. Starfleet's purpose is to be the military and explor...
[18:40:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 404 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:43] <exec> 08└─When it comes to film, TV, etc. there is no free market, only government-granted monopolies as provided by copyright law. Until and unless non-exclusive and non-discriminatory licensing is required by law, "big media" will always try to hold back media and services which they do not control. If you...
[18:40:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:45] <exec> 08└─What part of Official Starfleet Ambassador to the Delta Quadrant do you not understand?
[18:40:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:47] <exec> 08└─The same people who mock religion always find all sorts of "hidden meaning" in their favorite Hollywood-produced commercial fiction. Thinking a human writer might be implying something with his words is a pretty reasonable hypothesis. Thinking some text on planet earth wasn't written by a human at a...
[18:40:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:49] <exec> 08└─All that said, no fucking WAY am I watching this. DS9 was a stretch, Voyager was meh, Enterprise was extremely disappointing, so trend says this one will be complete shit.
[18:40:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 765 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:52] <exec> 08└─It's not just about the positive message. It's about elevating those who are often seen as being at a disadvantage. Look at how the shows portray the emasculated male. An example of this is the character of Ensign Harry Kim in Voyager. Despite being half the man that Lieutenant Tom Paris was, and de...
[18:40:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:54] <exec> 08└─The parent comment isn't "Flamebait". It points out some relevant issues with this new show.
[18:40:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03jdavidb [5690] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:56] <exec> 08└─diversity. Well, that ain't the purpose of Starfleet
[18:40:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 864 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:40:58] <exec> 08└─"the ONLY white Klingon on screen is going to be the bad and evil Klingon while the hero of Star Trek is going to be a black woman, subtle ..." Second that. The Klingons are stand-ins for the deplorables, all nationalistic and shit. The Federations stands in for the SJW diversity wet-dream. Add in t...
[18:41:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:41:01] <exec> 08└─As for transgenderism in particular, there were these shows: The Outcast [wikipedia.org]Cogenitor [wikipedia.org]
[18:41:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 328 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:41:03] <exec> 08└─They have more than enough content (Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, ABC, Touchstone, etc) that they will be able to grow their own without much issue. As for CBS, the prevailing theory is that All Access is really just a negotiating tactic for when they redo their deals with cable operators and was never...
[18:41:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 326 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:41:05] <exec> 08└─Whoever is wrongly modding numerous perfectly good comments here as "Flamebait" should be banned from moderating. The parent comment is clearly not "Flamebait". It's good to see dissenting opinions about stuff. I don't want to read bland reviews that only point out the positive, and intentionally ig...
[18:41:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:41:07] <exec> 08└─They always could use more dilithium crystals. Always. With more resources comes greater ambition.
[18:41:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 740 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:41:09] <exec> 08└─This is exactly the danger - and exactly why we need Disney to die before it manages to absorb enough 'imaginary property' to become truly self-sustaining. The case could be made that we passed that point several years back, when they started buying Marvel and Star Wars. Works need to be falling int...
[18:41:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 1502 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:41:12] <exec> 08└─Why do practitioners of Islam wear that sort of garb in London, Paris, Berlin, Stockholm, and other non-desert environments? Clearly such garb is related to the religion, rather than to any practical concern. It's for the same dumb reason that Jews won't eat pork or shellfish: back in ancient times...
[18:41:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exceptionally Preserved Ancient Ships Discovered in the Black Sea - 313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:41:31] <exec> 08└─i remembered from school that the oxygen disappearsin the black sea below 200m, but apparently some of these wrecks are fine even at 90m. interesting. in any case, i distinctly remember that the name "black sea" refers to the fact that it was a very dangerous sea to sail in, with many sunken ships d...
[18:42:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:30] <exec> 08└─LOL! That "-1, Troll" mod is really a "-1, Painful Truth" mod! True. However, once you read the comments there your brain requires that nerve implant to regain minimal consciousness.
[18:42:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:31] <exec> 08└─Animal husbandry... Specifically breeding stallions... My uncle has a farm. My job is to collect the essential fluids we use when breeding horses...
[18:42:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:33] <exec> 08└─I hope you never need open heart surgery. Tooth surgery isn't even close. You were merely asleep. I've been there as well.
[18:42:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scottish Power Says UK Will Need to Boost Capacity - 696 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:49] <exec> 08└─The missing thing in your analysis is energy storage. (Which is not surprising, since its also missing in the energy market). Do you need peaking generation capability if you can store 3 or 4 days of energy? Currently we can't even story enough to compensate for a cloudy calm day. Your excoriation o...
[18:42:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scottish Power Says UK Will Need to Boost Capacity - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:51] <exec> 08└─Is the net demand for energy really spiking, or is it merely shifting from one source to another?
[18:42:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Scottish Power Says UK Will Need to Boost Capacity - 610 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:53] <exec> 08└─Your reply sounds like a joke. For the record, I meant the common heat pump that uses ambient outside air: basically, an air conditioner you can run in reverse. The heat source for the outside air is the sun. That makes it inexhaustible. Furthermore, you are only *moving* the heat from outside the h...
[18:42:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Scottish Power Says UK Will Need to Boost Capacity - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:55] <exec> 08└─I'll only add that a heat pump depends on a well-insulated house so that once the heat is moved inside it stays there a long time. At least in residential settings, I have never heard of heat pumps wringing the outside air clean of heat.
[18:43:15] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03NotSanguine [285] 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 211 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:43:15] <exec> 08└─Because they're weird brown people who worship a weird brown god. Plus all their people are squatting on top of our oil. If they were blue and worshiped a green flying naked mole rat we'd hate them just as much.
[18:43:19] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Virindi [3484] 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 458 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:43:20] <exec> 08└─This smells of "we can't ban abortion, so let's put as many restrictions on it as possible". Sleazy. Whether you personally think abortion should be legal or not, right now it is the law of the land. It is in everyone's best interests (and way more important to society than the issue of abortion) th...
[18:43:48] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 1723 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:43:48] <exec> 08└─As a resident of the great state of Ohio, yes, banning abortion is exactly what this is about. The state government and many of the constituents they represent would like to make abortion completely illegal. They can't, so they do everything they can to make it illegal that they think the court syst...
[18:44:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Virindi [3484] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:04] <exec> 08└─We shouldn't overrule precedents willy nilly, unless they are obviously wrong.
[18:44:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 530 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:06] <exec> 08└─Everyone wants the world to work a certain way. Political parties are formed of those people who want to use political power to make that happen. By that logic, a true Libertarian party would be truly different than other political movements, because it would intend to do away with political power c...
[18:44:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Geezer [511] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:08] <exec> 08└─This bill has 0% chance to pass. It does, however, give fundies a chance to thump their chests about compassion for the unborn and lefties an equal opportunity to ridicule them, not to mention juicy clickbait headlines for the media. Everybody wins, nobody gets hurt. I love democracy in action.
[18:44:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:10] <exec> 08└─Allah = Jehovah = Yahweh
[18:44:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 636 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:13] <exec> 08└─maybe they should screen and erradicate for the st0pidity gen first? in a perfect society there would be no need for any abortion. it would have time, money and compassion to deal with all "creations of god". unfortunately, we don't. it should be totally up to the woman to get all information (if sh...
[18:44:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 445 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:15] <exec> 08└─Some previous SCOTUS declared something. If you don't like that, and the balance of the Court changed, you pass a blatantly contrary law, get kicked in the nuts by every judge and appeals court in the land, until you appeal to the new SCOTUS. Whether they respect precedent and dismiss the appeals, o...
[18:44:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:17] <exec> 08└─The way to fix that is NOT to do what Iceland is doing. The report asserted Iceland had come close to "eradicating" such births.
[18:44:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 1, Offtopic) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:19] <exec> 08└─This bill has 0% chance to pass.
[18:44:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 961 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:21] <exec> 08└─Regardless of where you live in the US, even if abortions were many times as expensive and inconvenient, they'd still cost less then even just delivering, let alone raising, a child. Overall, anti-abortion laws are just like the tough-against-crime demagogy. Less about Christian morals and more abou...
[18:44:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:24] <exec> 08└─If we're going to use stereotypes I think "Christian" is a way better predictor than men, or women.
[18:44:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 376 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:26] <exec> 08└─Are you intentionally obtuse about the state of poor people in the US, even after Katrina and other disasters showcasing how some people just can't afford the time or money to go ? Oddly, poor people (biased for color) seem to be the ones that the same party would want less of, and therefore should...
[18:44:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber Boss Dara Khosrowshahi Apologises after London Ban - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:44:44] <exec> 08└─One follows the laws in their jurisdiction as evidenced by their continuing operation. The other violates the laws in their jurisdiction as evidenced by their ban. That makes one better than the other. Is that enough proof?
[18:47:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 385 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:47:10] <exec> 08└─The way I heard it when I was a kid . . . There was a group of people called Trids. A nearby Giant would periodically come around and kick the Trids. One day, an Abbot came to town and observed the giant kicking the Trids. The Abbot said: "hey giant, why don't you kick someone your own size? why don...
[18:47:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03darnkitten [1912] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:47:11] <exec> 08└─Especially with sugar heaped on...
[18:47:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:47:14] <exec> 08└─so, basically, none of the breakfast cereals should be considered "good".
[18:48:01] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03krishnoid [1156] 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 373 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:48:01] <exec> 08└─They extend warranties on electronics for an additional year. If the manufacturer can't help you with an issue, and then Costco support can't help you either, they will refund you the entire amount with very little hassle and make the manufacturer eat the cost. If you're unhappy with the other produ...
[18:49:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:49:01] <exec> 08└─The title asks two questions. "No" is the correct answer to the second question.
[18:50:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Hidden 2015 European Commission Report on Copyright Infringement - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:50:03] <exec> 08└─Beyond that, they snatched (our) defeat from the jaws of victory with the DVR. Note how unlike video tapes, they can poof your recordings at any time, only record what they want to let you record, and no way to take a video to a friend's house to share.
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[19:39:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 067% of All Amazon S3 Servers' Settings Are Open, Leading to Breaches - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:39:17] <exec> 08└─Bleeping Computer reports that researchers looked into the settings of Amazon S3 servers... and found that the default setting is open (configured to allow public access),
[19:39:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03nobu_the_bard [6373] (Score: 2) 02 - 067% of All Amazon S3 Servers' Settings Are Open, Leading to Breaches - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:39:18] <exec> 08└─93% of them then are locking it down! That should be the headline! People less stupid than anticipated!
[19:39:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 067% of All Amazon S3 Servers' Settings Are Open, Leading to Breaches - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:39:21] <exec> 08└─You need a 'researcher' for looking at a setting? Where can I get my lab-coat, because I'm a researcher too...
[19:39:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 067% of All Amazon S3 Servers' Settings Are Open, Leading to Breaches - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:39:23] <exec> 08└─If it's left open, then it's not a breach. It's trespassing, not "breaking and entering".
[19:39:35] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DannyB [5839] 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 41 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:39:36] <exec> 08└─Modern TV is not dead, it's just resting.
[19:40:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 3, Touché) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:36] <exec> 08└─How it means anything
[19:40:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:37] <exec> 08└─Originality is shunned, because it may introduce ideas that deviate from the narrative.
[19:40:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03looorg [578] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 1151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:40] <exec> 08└─For not having seen the show you are not far off. (1) That totally happened, twice -- once in each episode, even tho she apparently didn't intend to kill either one of them. It just happened. (2) Sort of. The Klingons are described as zealots and a warrior cult filled with evil men, there was a few...
[19:40:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:42] <exec> 08└─EXCELLENT reply, well stated, and you have completely changed my mind and won yourself a new compatriot. Congratulations!
[19:40:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 889 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:44] <exec> 08└─The dialogue was pretty terrible. Way too much exposition (why are you telling your Captain why you're on this desert planet? Doesn't she know already? And how many times do we need reminding that you've been on the ship for seven years?). While having the Klingons speak only (captioned) Klingon was...
[19:40:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:46] <exec> 08└─Ugh, you're an example of the WORST kind of nerd.
[19:40:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:49] <exec> 08└─They stole it from Star Wars.
[19:40:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:51] <exec> 08└─*sigh* And what right does a Captain have to make an ambassador.
[19:40:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 356 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:53] <exec> 08└─In the 50s/60s the middle east was on track for joining the rest of modern society, but then the various world powers (US and Russia mostly) went in and intentionally fucked up their politics and installed Israel as a pro-West nuclear power. Intentionally. It wasn't a cultural problem, but now it is...
[19:40:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:55] <exec> 08└─leftism... is incompatible with originality. Leftism is all about following a predefined narrative. Originality is shunned...
[19:40:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:40:58] <exec> 08└─"The Outcast" isn't about transgenderism; it's pretty clearly a thinly-veiled metaphor about homosexuality and conversion therapy.
[19:40:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 1042 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:00] <exec> 08└─I don't know that the networks have enough content to continue under any terms. Their library is so over-exposed and threadbare that it's hard to imagine anyone paying anything to watch any of it for the umpteenth time. Pulling it out of Netflix disconnects them from remnant nostalgia from Baby Boom...
[19:41:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:02] <exec> 08└─TIL being polite and a novice == emasculation. Explains so much about RWNJs.
[19:41:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 394 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:04] <exec> 08└─Viacom and CBS have a weird and sometimes contentious relationship. I don't see Viacom getting in bed with All Access. Plus Viacom is currently doubling down on traditional cable, pulling their content from SVOD services like Netflix and Hulu as the contracts expire. They are trying to prop up their...
[19:41:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:07] <exec> 08└─You're aware that Israel was a thing in 1948, right?
[19:41:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 773 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:09] <exec> 08└─There's "hidden meanings" in almost everything - those things the author intentionally hid as "Easter eggs" for the attentive reader - those things the author themselves didn't realize they were inserting (generally threads of their own assumptions and prejudices) - and those things the reader inser...
[19:41:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:11] <exec> 08└─Yeah, cause using "progressive" and "narrative" a million times over is totally balanced, not at all political for edge lord. I wasn't the downmodder but reading that screed it is not the worst mod I've seen.
[19:41:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:13] <exec> 08└─There aren't conservatives or liberals any more. Just regressives and authoritarians, or regressive-authoritarians, masquerading as the former two.
[19:41:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:16] <exec> 08└─The Klingons are described as zealots and a warrior cult filled with evil men
[19:41:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Informative) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:18] <exec> 08└─The amount of anger you have at society progressing beyond your narrow view in staggering. I'm better able to laugh at it these days, I realize that fools like yourself are becoming fewer and fewer so I can just laugh instead of worrying that general society will go down such a path.
[19:41:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:20] <exec> 08└─Political stories get political responses. I doubt OP would have to use "progressive" so many times if the writers weren't clearly tripping over themselves to virtue signal exactly what he's criticizing.
[19:41:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:22] <exec> 08└─Star Trek has always been globalist propaganda, depicting a world where government is all encompassing...
[19:41:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:25] <exec> 08└─Technology fail: pointlessly narrated observations of the mystery object; I guess this spacesuit has a voice recorder but no video?
[19:41:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 366 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:27] <exec> 08└─Religious wars are hardly a common theme of humanity today, I'm honestly not sure they ever were. Wars are fought over geographic power and resources, not disagreements about which sky daddy is real. The "religion" and "human rights" stuff is just nonsense your government tells you to justify imperi...
[19:41:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:29] <exec> 08└─Ugh. That episode and plot point bothered me so much. It felt cheap.
[19:41:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:31] <exec> 08└─I would guess this is what did it: rather watch the steroid monkey football players continue to take a shit on the American flag
[19:41:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 1903 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:33] <exec> 08└─The sad part is five minutes with any random SN poster level of wizardry could have fixed all those. The voice narration means two things: 1) Scotty called from engineering, says the music budget can't handle the stress or it'll fly apart 2) 2001 disease where the whole point of the monolith is the...
[19:41:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:36] <exec> 08└─You're aware that a 2 year difference in a general time statement is insignificant and stupid to point out right?
[19:41:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:38] <exec> 08└─Better or worse than Pierson's Puppeteers?
[19:41:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 840 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:40] <exec> 08└─No, I wasn't advocating for a Netflix monopoly, but I do think it is in everyone's better interest if the content makers focused more on the content generation and the streamers focused more on the distribution. Look where we're heading: say this is my new favorite show, and I'm also really into sho...
[19:41:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:42] <exec> 08└─I donno, getting downmodded for making fun of sportsball on SN seems an unlikely achievement. I wonder if I could accomplish it for real, how would I do that? Thats sounding more interesting than Star Trek: D
[19:41:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:44] <exec> 08└─The original series was never libertarian. They violated the Prime Directive every other show! Next Generation did the same thing, but they spent more time hand-wringing about having to do it.
[19:41:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 803 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:47] <exec> 08└─Oh yes, new Star Trek series is totally a political story! Since VLM didn't even watch it his rant is just that, a rant. I didn't realize that trying to expose the general public to the concept of diversity was such a sin. Only white male heroes from now on! Minorities will be the grunts! TOS was in...
[19:41:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:49] <exec> 08└─In the 50s/60s the middle east was on track for joining the rest of modern society, but then
[19:41:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:41:51] <exec> 08└─Start with a lobotomy :P
[19:42:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exceptionally Preserved Ancient Ships Discovered in the Black Sea - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:12] <exec> 08└─If you had read the article, you'd know...
[19:42:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exceptionally Preserved Ancient Ships Discovered in the Black Sea - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:13] <exec> 08└─Could you maybe point out which of the half-dozen links has the actual details that you claim support this theory, for those that haven't RTFA but might make a specific exception?
[19:42:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Exceptionally Preserved Ancient Ships Discovered in the Black Sea - 303 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:42:16] <exec> 08└─Thanks for the link. Those pictures are incredible. An additional note from the article was that they also found the well-preserved remains of settlements that were flooded when the Mediterranean breached the Bosporus. Many think it's the origin of the flood myths common to many cultures in the regi...
[19:43:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03curunir_wolf [4772] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:17] <exec> 08└─Cotton? Hemp? Wouldn't it be easier just to find an animal with plenty of fur and wear THAT? Actually, hemp or any fibrous plant is easy to work with. You don't need to spin it into cloth, you just braid it into string and do a cross-hatch. I've made sandals that way.
[19:43:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 599 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:18] <exec> 08└─I doubt it would be a big problem. I mean just look at how much time non-locked-in people voluntarily choose to inflict basically the same experience on themselves by watching TV... And honestly, if you've never done it I'd recommend spending a week or two not interacting with anyone or anything bey...
[19:43:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:20] <exec> 08└─Bullshit. They may not be *legally* allowed to choose for themselves, but whoever has the legal authority to make that choice for them has the option of respecting their wishes.
[19:43:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scottish Power Says UK Will Need to Boost Capacity - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:41] <exec> 08└─And heat pumps are powered by.....
[19:43:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scottish Power Says UK Will Need to Boost Capacity - 1292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:42] <exec> 08└─Ground source heat pumps are able to handle temperature extremes better, because the carrying solution coming out of the ground is always 55F. In the winter you spend a little energy to boost that to 72F, in the summer you blow air across the coils and there's your cooling. A lot of GSHP systems als...
[19:44:18] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Virindi [3484] 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 247 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:44:18] <exec> 08└─Nope. After you get the test, since there is no penalty for the woman getting the abortion, you can just go to another doctor to get the abortion. If you don't tell them about the test, they cannot be guilty of this crime because they had no idea.
[19:45:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:45:03] <exec> 08└─> obviously wrong. [bible citation needed] You'll always find someone to find any decision "obviously wrong". It's getting excessively hard to find exceptions.
[19:45:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03BenJeremy [6392] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:45:05] <exec> 08└─Abort the healthy ones, save the disabled ones. The Republicans need more voters who can't think clearly and logically so they can keep their base.
[19:45:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03new here [1931] (Score: 2, Funny) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:45:07] <exec> 08└─no, i am new here
[19:45:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03davester666 [155] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:45:09] <exec> 08└─Sorry, but no. All the pictures I've see of God (paintings/illustrations) are an old white guy, definitely no brown parts.
[19:45:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:45:12] <exec> 08└─Muslims assert that Allah is the same God. But apparently differ about it being the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, which is what Jews and Christians recognize. (Example: Genesis 50:24 [biblegateway.com])
[19:45:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:45:14] <exec> 08└─After all, what would Jesus say about a state budget that spends so much on cops, courts and jails and so little on healthcare and welfare? Would he approve the current rich and corporation favoring tax-codes?
[19:45:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Troll) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:45:16] <exec> 08└─Because muslims screw 11 years old wives to death? Not all muslims you say? Fine, then I don't subscribe to this law. Catholicism is about converting, not forcing. Besides, how can a politician be a catholic? Catholic is defined as a guy following the commandments (as a subset of Christian), the nin...
[19:45:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:45:18] <exec> 08└─not with that UID :P
[19:45:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:45:21] <exec> 08└─Come now, everyone knows the true pronunciation is Yahoo-Wahoo
[19:45:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:45:23] <exec> 08└─I've only got one small nitpick about your post: who the fuck would use a mythical demi-God called Jesus as the arbiter of anything? Why not use fucking Zuul off Ghostbusters instead.
[19:45:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03fraxinus-tree [5590] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Uber Boss Dara Khosrowshahi Apologises after London Ban - 478 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:45:42] <exec> 08└─In this particular case, maybe. Generally, not always. In our case (Sofia, Bulgaria) Uber was really a whole lot better than the "yellow fever". Uber operated here about a year and got banned, but at least stirred the taxi companies into some competition. Taxis got a lot better in terms of cars bein...
[19:46:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Create Buoyant Aluminum - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:46:13] <exec> 08└─> 3 to 5 worth of American-football concussions New unit for behavior : My congressman is running at about 76 AFC.
[19:46:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Scientists Create Buoyant Aluminum - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:46:14] <exec> 08└─Otherwise, catalysts can become inactive [sciencedirect.com] over the reaction time and need to be reactivated
[19:46:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 2372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:46:52] <exec> 08└─And your information is, typically, unsubstantiated. China is already [independent.co.uk] actively pursuing a moon base with the ESA. I imagine you likely did not know they've also already soft landed a probe on the moon as well - becoming only the third nation to do so. China is a nation is incredi...
[19:48:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:48:15] <exec> 08└─Not to mention that most of the sugar in raisin brans come from the raisins.
[19:50:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich26189 [1377] (Score: 1) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 2339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:03] <exec> 08└─As usual, I read TFS, then the comments and lastly TFA. Mr. Alter, is wrong in many ways and cites examples of his own or his family’s experience that are some what questionable. We shop at Costco and buy things in bulk such as paper products, as my wife says paper products don’t go bad. We also...
[19:50:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06NASA Finds a Pitch-Black Hot Jupiter Exoplanet - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:50:22] <exec> 08└─> which managed to list temperatures in Celsius in its blurb about the exoplanet. I didn't immediately realize TFS's extract, using non-SI, was from NASA.
[19:51:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03rufty [381] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Testing Radio Propagation With a Baofeng UV-82 and APRS - 290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:51:39] <exec> 08└─The Baofeng radios are about 30% worse feature- and performance-wise than the Kenwoods, Icoms and Yaesus. So you get 70% of the performance for 10% of the price. My advice? Get a Baofeng, get a decent antenna and it'll have a place in your kit as a knock-about HT for the repeater rag-chew.
[19:51:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Testing Radio Propagation With a Baofeng UV-82 and APRS - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:51:40] <exec> 08└─2M FM now is very quiet compared to the 80s pre-cellphone era. Its a pity because the equipment is amazing compared to even dreams in the 80s. SSB and FM are really two different bands with the exception that some of the sideband guys will switch to FM for 222 mhz during contests.
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[20:39:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Semi-Transparent and Flexible Solar Cells Made From Atomically Thin Sheet - 310 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:24] <exec> 08└─How much fossil fuel must be combusted, generating large volumes of greenhouse gases, to generate the electricity needed to power the manufacturing of these solar cells? How many centuries of uninterrupted use are required before they've offset the greenhouse gas emissions produced during their manu...
[20:39:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Semi-Transparent and Flexible Solar Cells Made From Atomically Thin Sheet - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:25] <exec> 08└─IKR? Why even bother, we should all just do the planet a favor and kill ourselves now. You first . . .
[20:39:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Semi-Transparent and Flexible Solar Cells Made From Atomically Thin Sheet - 421 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:28] <exec> 08└─Those are important questions to ask about any technology. If the goal of such technology is to reduce the impact on the environment, the whole picture must be considered. It does us no good to replace "polluting" technologies with "green" technologies that actually have a much larger carbon footpri...
[20:39:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03tfried [5534] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Semi-Transparent and Flexible Solar Cells Made From Atomically Thin Sheet - 649 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:30] <exec> 08└─TFA won't tell us how much energy is needed for the production of these cells. But considering the actual cells are few atoms thick, I do not think the energy requirements would be over the top in large scale production. (In essence the process seems to be chemical vapor deposition on an auxiliary f...
[20:39:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03rigrig [5129] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 067% of All Amazon S3 Servers' Settings Are Open, Leading to Breaches - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:41] <exec> 08└─From the docs [amazon.com] By default, all Amazon S3 resources are private. Only a resource owner can access the resource.
[20:39:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 067% of All Amazon S3 Servers' Settings Are Open, Leading to Breaches - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:42] <exec> 08└─Considering it's a public server on the WWW I think you'd have a pretty hard time arguing that it was trespassing. Many of the people setting up the buckets probably don't care. I would guess easily 7% of S3 buckets are used for irrelevant toy projects or testbeds.
[20:39:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 067% of All Amazon S3 Servers' Settings Are Open, Leading to Breaches - 420 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:44] <exec> 08└─There is also a tendency to not encrypt anything. 65% of the buckets were encrypted, which I think is a pretty damn good number. I would think that would've been even lower given the tone of the article. This researcher is way off base saying the problem is endemic of the entire Amazon S3 ecosystem....
[20:39:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 067% of All Amazon S3 Servers' Settings Are Open, Leading to Breaches - 499 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:46] <exec> 08└─Disagree with you there. tres·pass (trĕs′pəs, -păs′) intr.v. tres·passed, tres·pass·ing, tres·pass·es 1. Law To commit an unlawful injury to the person, property, or rights of another, with actual or implied force or violence, especially to enter onto another's land wrongfully. 2. To in...
[20:39:58] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Sourcery42 [6400] 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 180 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:39:58] <exec> 08└─So in addition to this brand new exclusive show I get access to a bunch of crime procedurals and mediocre comedies most of which I can watch over the air if I choose to. I'll pass.
[20:41:45] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02 - 06Exceptionally Preserved Ancient Ships Discovered in the Black Sea - 149 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:41:45] <exec> 08└─Aristarchus, in his early career, was tasked with preserving those ships. Apparently, he did an excellent job. To bad he later started philosphizing.
[20:42:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exceptionally Preserved Ancient Ships Discovered in the Black Sea - 1414 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:42:00] <exec> 08└─OK, is it theoretically possible that, in the best of seasons, with the help of friendly currents and mild weather, a well-equipped and well-supplied greek vessel might have been able to cross the Atlantic? Uh, sure. But it would have been a complete fluke. Standard practice, as near as it can be re...
[20:43:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 702 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:43:06] <exec> 08└─Previous Poster here, someone scooped the thread (well, that's what you get for posting as AC) I'm a trained plant molecular biologist, but moved into the field of software programming (still somewhat in with relation of biology and lab work though). So, yeah... in a way I'm a STEM person and still...
[20:43:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:43:08] <exec> 08└─just started season 2.
[20:43:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03darnkitten [1912] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:43:10] <exec> 08└─Of course, this is also why we have movies like "The Island", and some other British movie I forget the name of which, starring Keira Knightley with a similar plot but not-so-Hollywood ending.
[20:43:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Scottish Power Says UK Will Need to Boost Capacity - 645 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:43:33] <exec> 08└─Please read my above post where I explain how a heat pump works. Yes, it takes electricity to run the compressor (plus fans, but the majority is used by the compressor), but the heat pump electricity is used only to move OUTSIDE HEAT into your house. This uses little electricity compared to the othe...
[20:43:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03RedBear [1734] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scottish Power Says UK Will Need to Boost Capacity - 469 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:43:34] <exec> 08└─Heat pumps have consequences as well. Imagine an entire urban area heated by heat pumps, ground source, air source, water source. No sooner would the systems be installed area wide than the heat source would be depleted to such a degree you would have to re-install a different, better solution, a de...
[20:43:50] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03nobu_the_bard [6373] 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 85 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:43:50] <exec> 08└─So it's fine to have an abortion if it'd be a baby without any known genetic defects?
[20:45:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 541 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:45:05] <exec> 08└─Just in case anyone forgot Trump's nonsense on this issue, in the fog of all his other nonsense. Women who have abortions should be punished if the practice were illegal, Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump said on Wednesday, before retracting his claim amid an outcry. Trump, who has he...
[20:45:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:45:07] <exec> 08└─My cousin has Down Syndrome. He lives in a much better world than I live in, mainly due to being largely ignorant of it. He's extremely hard working, too, and has more compassion than most people in this comment section today. So, I guess what I'm saying is... you might be on to something.
[20:45:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 258 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:45:09] <exec> 08└─Who pays? Dollars to donuts, I'm guessing that we pay in New York state. Not far from Ohio and abortions are widely available here (although the loonies are here too, see the case of Dr. Slepian https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] )
[20:45:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:45:11] <exec> 08└─From Ohio, through a corner of PA, it's not much further to New York, where the "pro-life" movement is a pretty small player politically.
[20:45:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03rts008 [3001] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 332 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:45:13] <exec> 08└─Mainly due to 'religious freedom' actually meaning a form of theocracy based on the religion of those pushing for it. They ALL seem to forget that for true religious freedom to exist, an equal freedom FROM religion has to coexist. Anything else is a form of theocracy. A pox on all superstitious cult...
[20:45:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Type44Q [4347] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:45:16] <exec> 08└─...is the basis of ritual infant genital mutilation in Christianity
[20:45:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 267 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:45:18] <exec> 08└─That helps those in the northeastern portion of the state, for those willing to drive about 4 hours round trip. It's no use whatsoever for everyone else. The only other bordering state is Michigan, which is also very much in the thrall of religious zealots right now.
[20:45:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Uber Boss Dara Khosrowshahi Apologises after London Ban - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:45:38] <exec> 08└─I am so sick of the one-liner commentary of the article trying to set the tone for the comments. Fuck off with your personal opinion. News (even this shitty site) should be free from bias. Knock that shit off and I might come back.
[20:46:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 1107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:46:49] <exec> 08└─Without an atmosphere the "tumbling tether / orbital wheel" space elevator becomes far more appealing as well. A design which is particularly appealing for high-traffic scenarios as the wheel can act as a "momentum battery" with only incidental moving parts and near perfect efficiency, storing the m...
[20:46:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:46:50] <exec> 08└─You are going to tell me with a straight face that a treaty is what is stopping a land rush to settle the bountiful land of Antarctica?
[20:46:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 763 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:46:53] <exec> 08└─Not rockets, as increased mass wreaks havoc with acceleration, and getting off the moon is only the beginning. As they say, "Once you make it (from Earth) to orbit, you're halfway to anywhere in the solar system." But only halfway. Orbital habitats and industrial facilities though - those could inde...
[20:46:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:46:55] <exec> 08└─China is already actively pursuing a moon base with the ESA.
[20:47:04] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03anubi [2828] 02 - 06Automated Robot Installs Dental Implant - 1068 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:05] <exec> 08└─Like LASIK, we will know after many people have done this, and the prediction_correction filters have run for a while. My initial thoughts though, is that this technology is a game-changer. Dental machine tools can be made to fit into things like human mouths without trying to insert the whole hand...
[20:47:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Automated Robot Installs Dental Implant - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:47:10] <exec> 08└─The real winner here is the patient, as it will likely substantially reduce chair time.
[20:48:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:48:22] <exec> 08└─Agreed, but there's money to consider here :/ I'm glad I grew up making stocks and using carcasses and organ meats, as it's made protein cheaper for me than if I had the usual American habit of only eating muscle tissue.
[20:48:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03istartedi [123] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:48:23] <exec> 08└─I wonder if Barry had the Ozzy Osbourne bat-eating incident in mind when he wrote that. Googling around, Ozzy ate the bat in 1982.
[20:48:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score: 2) 02 - 06General Mills Brings Back Old Trix Cereal in All Its Artificial Glory - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:48:25] <exec> 08└─Don't forget, they come in all your favourite florescent colours! Like nothing found in nature!
[20:50:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03t-3 [4907] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:14] <exec> 08└─Costco also has gas stations which are generally 10c/g+ cheaper in my area - that alone covers much of the cost of a membership.
[20:50:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:16] <exec> 08└─Because employing poor people is bad, thus we would never want to subsidize that.
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[21:39:19] <exec> 08└─OR we could try looking at actually sustainable methods for producing energy, such as biofuels.
[21:39:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Semi-Transparent and Flexible Solar Cells Made From Atomically Thin Sheet - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:20] <exec> 08└─Or even modern nuclear technologies. If anyone is holding back the development of much cleaner and safer energy sources, it's the "environmentalists" who fight such research tooth and nail.
[21:39:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Semi-Transparent and Flexible Solar Cells Made From Atomically Thin Sheet - 479 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:22] <exec> 08└─Sort of... moving to solar / electric would make it feasible to power all human activity by the Sun. No more carbon footprint aside from the actual materials. Mining / processing / manufacturing could all be done with solar. That is why you get flak for asking the question. Yes carbon footprint as a...
[21:39:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Semi-Transparent and Flexible Solar Cells Made From Atomically Thin Sheet - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:25] <exec> 08└─Even sarcastic internet comments can be the metaphorical straw that broke the sad person's heart.
[21:39:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 067% of All Amazon S3 Servers' Settings Are Open, Leading to Breaches - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:39] <exec> 08└─Combine server-running amateur deployers, a don't care about doing it right attitude, cheap service with no pressure to clean up and improve, and effective absolution from society ("those pesky computers!"), and you have yourself a data breach about to happen.
[21:39:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03jcross [4009] (Score: 2) 02 - 067% of All Amazon S3 Servers' Settings Are Open, Leading to Breaches - 768 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:41] <exec> 08└─Yeah this is nonsense, and it's also unclear from the article what they're calling "publicly accessible". For example, my company has "publicly accessible" buckets, but the filenames are large random numbers. With bucket listing disabled, you're not going to find much in there. If the goal is to pro...
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[21:39:43] <exec> 08└─The point was that, if you were not expected to be there, you're accidentally trespassing (lawyers may disagree, but that's the common usage). Calling it "breach" is grossly overstating the effort required.
[21:39:58] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03EvilSS [1456] 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 624 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:39:58] <exec> 08└─I don't think it's a "stage" with Disney. They have more than enough content (Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, ABC, Touchstone, etc) that they will be able to grow their own without much issue. As for CBS, the prevailing theory is that All Access is really just a negotiating tactic for when they redo thei...
[21:40:17] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03looorg [578] 02 - 06Star Trek: Discovery Premiered Sunday Night - Thoughts? - 219 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:40:17] <exec> 08└─What? Are you referring to the first scene? They are out walking in a desert. They are wearing something appropriate for that. Something that covers you entire body and face. It had nothing to do with religion or Islam.
[21:41:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Exceptionally Preserved Ancient Ships Discovered in the Black Sea - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:41:57] <exec> 08└─We wish to study the changing climate, geo-physical effects in the hydrology of the Black Sea, and to do so we require the following treasure hunting marine survey equipment...
[21:42:23] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03kazzie [5309] 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 45 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:23] <exec> 08└─Alternatively, he's uncorrupted by systemd...
[21:43:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:43:05] <exec> 08└─If you like that thought, you may like this short science fiction story - The Jaunt [wikipedia.org]
[21:43:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:43:07] <exec> 08└─In that case, my right hand is a human husbander. I feel better about it already ;)
[21:43:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:43:09] <exec> 08└─Clothes! When I were a lad we grew hair if we wanted to be born. Pushed it out by sheer willpower. Don't give me "clothes" littl'un.
[21:43:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:43:11] <exec> 08└─Follow the money religious freedom, Lebowski.
[21:43:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03darnkitten [1912] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 378 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:43:13] <exec> 08└─Has anyone reputable certified Sourceforge as clean recently? There are several programs from Sourceforge I've kept in a pre-adware state, due to their usefulness. Some of them have updates exclusively available on the site, but while I've heard, like you said, that they've "theoretically stopped" b...
[21:43:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Scottish Power Says UK Will Need to Boost Capacity - 280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:43:38] <exec> 08└─If only RedBear would read all the posts at 0 or higher, he wouldn't answer questions that have already been fully answered. It's a problem with this site. No, I will not log in because I value my privacy. I am not interested in Facebook style tracking of my posts by other users.
[21:45:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:45:17] <exec> 08└─OMG!! Their forcing us to ALL have retard babies. Analogy: when gay marriage passed, 1/2 the mouth-breathers thought they were being forced to marry someone gay.
[21:45:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:45:19] <exec> 08└─This bill has 0% chance to pass.
[21:45:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:45:21] <exec> 08└─So if Islam's god is a weird, brown one, then so is Christianity's and Judaism's.
[21:46:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Scientists Create Buoyant Aluminum - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:46:14] <exec> 08└─Magnesium will burn in a carbon dioxide atmosphere.
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[22:39:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06I Asked Tinder for My Data. It Sent Me 800 Pages of My Deepest, Darkest Secrets - 16 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:16] <exec> 08└─What's a Tinder?
[22:39:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06I Asked Tinder for My Data. It Sent Me 800 Pages of My Deepest, Darkest Secrets - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:18] <exec> 08└─Apparently a place for clueless homosexuals to meet up.
[22:39:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06I Asked Tinder for My Data. It Sent Me 800 Pages of My Deepest, Darkest Secrets - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:20] <exec> 08└─Since that day I’ve fired up the app 920 times and matched with 870 different people. I recall a few of them very well: the ones who either became lovers, friends or terrible first dates.
[22:39:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06I Asked Tinder for My Data. It Sent Me 800 Pages of My Deepest, Darkest Secrets - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:22] <exec> 08└─So it's like a Linux user group meeting, but on your smartphone?
[22:39:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06I Asked Tinder for My Data. It Sent Me 800 Pages of My Deepest, Darkest Secrets - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:24] <exec> 08└─What does "the age-rank of men I was interested in" mean? What's an "age-rank"? How does that metric work?
[22:39:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06I Asked Tinder for My Data. It Sent Me 800 Pages of My Deepest, Darkest Secrets - 727 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:26] <exec> 08└─I think that's the dating service Quagmire was getting hooked on in Family Guy. Btw, if you ever want to screw their data collection, just lend you phone to your 10yr/old nephew. I went from NXP ads trying to sell me microprocessors and a dozen different SBCs and Arduinos to Dora the Explorer bluray...
[22:39:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06I Asked Tinder for My Data. It Sent Me 800 Pages of My Deepest, Darkest Secrets - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:29] <exec> 08└─Cross reference age-rank and income-rank to decide whether she has daddy issues or whether she is simply a gold digger.
[22:39:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score: 2) 02 - 06I Asked Tinder for My Data. It Sent Me 800 Pages of My Deepest, Darkest Secrets - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:31] <exec> 08└─Subatlantic... Subboreal... Atlantic... Boreal... Preboreal... As Twilight taught us, vampires are gay.
[22:39:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06I Asked Tinder for My Data. It Sent Me 800 Pages of My Deepest, Darkest Secrets - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:33] <exec> 08└─As the Strain taught us when that guy's dick fell off, vampires are sexless.
[22:39:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Semi-Transparent and Flexible Solar Cells Made from Atomically Thin Sheet - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:39:49] <exec> 08└─How much fossil fuel must be combusted, generating large volumes of greenhouse gases, to generate the electricity needed to power the manufacturing of these solar cells?
[22:42:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Exceptionally Preserved Ancient Ships Discovered in the Black Sea - 1011 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:42:22] <exec> 08└─There's more to it than just the amount of blue on a map. The currents in the north atlantic actually run generally west to east, so that the northern route is not as easy as you'd think. Remember that a vessel's hull speed (basically a displacement hull's speed limit with plausible levels of propul...
[22:43:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:36] <exec> 08└─But it'll suck if you kill the clone for one vital organ (like the heart), but then a year later now you desperately need her lungs or eyes or even a leg, and it's gone because there wasn't a good and economical way to store the remainder of the clone's body.
[22:43:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Nerve Implant Transforms Vegetative Patient Back to "Minimally Conscious" - 2193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:38] <exec> 08└─The timing is meaningless to me, and is a barb thrown that makes no sense. The state of journalism today? Newspapers. Not interested in dead trees, and the entire industry is in it death throes. Journalism is in decline, and I don't feel like shelling out big bucks to access articles riddled with JS...
[22:44:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03tomtomtom [340] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scottish Power Says UK Will Need to Boost Capacity - 2600 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:44:03] <exec> 08└─Don't get me wrong - I don't think that a capacity market is a bad way to solve the problem. Indeed to your point, energy storage is one of the beneficiaries of the capacity market and it should spur new investment there. There are limited sites suitable for pumped hydro in the UK and batteries are...
[22:44:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scottish Power Says UK Will Need to Boost Capacity - 4 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:44:05] <exec> 08└─Duh.
[22:44:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03tomtomtom [340] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scottish Power Says UK Will Need to Boost Capacity - 1223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:44:07] <exec> 08└─One interesting statistic is that energy (as opposed to electricity) usage per capita is now going down in most developed economies. Newer housing and offices need far less energy to heat due to better insulation, only partially offset by growing need and desire for air conditioning. Household appli...
[22:44:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Scottish Power Says UK Will Need to Boost Capacity - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:44:09] <exec> 08└─What a waste of forum space your posts are--just filler.
[22:45:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03kurenai.tsubasa [5227] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 1035 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:45:50] <exec> 08└─Ah, my bad. I tried searching, but Luke 2:21 didn't help. So I checked Matthew 5 and found something along those lines in verses 17–20 MSG. Jesus is addressing “those who were apprenticed to him” after climbing a hillside to find somewhere quiet away from the crowds his ministry was drawing: ...
[22:46:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scientists Create Buoyant Aluminum - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:46:44] <exec> 08└─"Blowing it up" isn't going to be a simple process and may involve as much energy as a normal chemical reaction.
[22:50:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 478 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:50:44] <exec> 08└─While I'd love to swap recipes for nutritious meals made of Irish children, I'm not quite seeing the point of your side of the sarcasm. You were after advocating the cutting off the jobs of a bunch of poor people which I still gather you think is a bad idea. When an idea has a bad outcome by your be...
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[23:39:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06I Asked Tinder for My Data. It Sent Me 800 Pages of My Deepest, Darkest Secrets - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:33] <exec> 08└─I like to say GNU+Linux
[23:39:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06I Asked Tinder for My Data. It Sent Me 800 Pages of My Deepest, Darkest Secrets - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:34] <exec> 08└─What's left after you apply 2-by-4s to the face of enough clueless smartphone users. Sadly, there's not enough pine to get to them all. I need oak 2-by-4s.
[23:39:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06I Asked Tinder for My Data. It Sent Me 800 Pages of My Deepest, Darkest Secrets - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:37] <exec> 08└─Probably only 2... Himself and Jack Daniels.
[23:39:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06I Asked Tinder for My Data. It Sent Me 800 Pages of My Deepest, Darkest Secrets - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:39] <exec> 08└─An app for contracting STD's.
[23:39:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score: 2) 02 - 06I Asked Tinder for My Data. It Sent Me 800 Pages of My Deepest, Darkest Secrets - 435 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:41] <exec> 08└─You can edit /etc/hosts if you jailbreak your iToy, or you could use a VPN if you don't want to JB. Three analytics vendors spoke at Mobile Portland a while back. All of them said their SDK is free to App developers. One of them showed us a photo of her company's data center. Data Centers cost a hug...
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[23:39:58] <exec> 08└─0.7 percent solar power conversion efficiency isn't much. [It's a 0.7 efficiency improvement --martyb]
[23:39:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Semi-Transparent and Flexible Solar Cells Made from Atomically Thin Sheet - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:39:59] <exec> 08└─If every unit you produce uses more carbon than it will replace, then you're better off not switching.
[23:40:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Semi-Transparent and Flexible Solar Cells Made from Atomically Thin Sheet - 567 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:40:01] <exec> 08└─> Only a niche application, but still a niche. To put actual numbers on it: 0.7% means that in peak sun at low latitudes, the power from your perfectly angled window (a windshield, most likely) could, ideally charge one or two USB devices (no, not USB3, the old 5V/1A ones). Unless you put those on y...
[23:44:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scottish Power Says UK Will Need to Boost Capacity - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:44:17] <exec> 08└─And you assumed that all electric heating is resistive.
[23:44:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Scottish Power Says UK Will Need to Boost Capacity - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:44:18] <exec> 08└─Wait, is the dinosaur the fuel or the energy company?
[23:46:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 186 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:01] <exec> 08└─I hate to say this but my mom goes to abortion clinic protests. To them it's about not killing babies. Someone needs to protect them. At least she also supports adoption centers as well.
[23:46:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Ohio Bill Would Ban Abortion when a Prenatal Test is Positive for Down Syndrome - 523 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:02] <exec> 08└─No, that's anarchist. Libertarians aren't supposed to be even miniarchists, just to want human interactions to be unconstrained by government. But there are always implicit "except when"s in the definition, and because they are implicit there isn't agreement on them even when there appears to be agr...
[23:46:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Scientists Create Buoyant Aluminum - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:46:57] <exec> 08└─That still doesn't make it a catalyst.
[23:47:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06ESA Expert Envisions "Moon Village" by 2030-2050 - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:47:39] <exec> 08└─...as some folks on Earth already do with e.g. ankle weights [google.com] Make a suit out of the same stuff (lead pellets in pouches) and wear it a few hours a day. -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[23:50:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:50:59] <exec> 08└─What's more, the guy's from New Jersey.
[23:51:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06 Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy? - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:51:01] <exec> 08└─What I am advocating is preventing corporations from paying their employees wages so low they can't afford to live, forcing taxpayers to pick up the slack. Nor is it likely that we'll suddenly go to corporate welfare...
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